trapped miners

Rescue work just recently came to a halt due to siesmic activity.

I live in a 14 sq M studio, I'd kill for a cellar.

Don't you have work in the morning revol?
I'm sobering up and i still can't sleep

CRB finally catch up with you?

this was a serious thread you cock.

good news, have they managed to contact them yet?

3 of the miners are Mexican citizens. I'm guessing the US had made some noises about them being "illegals" or "aliens" or whatever complimentary term they give foreigners nowadays, cos today Reforma is quoting a Mexican government offical reasserting their legal ability to work in the States. Exactly what them being illegal workers would change about the rescue operation we can only speculate.

Heard that he knocked the UMWA....don't know if he runs non-union. The Utah mine, i believe, was non-union.

Either way, all these mine disasters are terrible tradegies. And with the scrounge for coal becomes even more frantic, we'll sadly see a spike in these sort of situations.

it's people like this guy who remind me to recommit to The Cause every so often

I don't often post links to the SWP, but they went and talked to some of the miners and their families in Utah
http://www.themilitant.com/2007/7130Sup/7130Sup02.html

Union says miners called it in
By Nate Carlisle
The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated:08/25/2007 04:08:28 AM MDT

HUNTINGTON - A miners union says it now represents workers at the nonunion Crandall Canyon mine on safety issues and in any discussion involving the rescue or recovery of six men trapped in the mine.
Bob Butero, of the United Mine Workers of America office in Wheat Ridge, Colo., arrived at the mine's entrance Friday afternoon to serve a written notice to the Emery County Sheriff's Office. The notice said the union will represent miners from Crandall Canyon in future discussions with the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Butero said the union's discussions with MSHA will include how to proceed with the recovery of the six trapped miners. The union's presence does not mean Crandall Canyon workers have organized, he said.
In an interview outside the sheriff's command post, Butero cited a section of federal law allowing a union to represent nonunion mine workers when two or more miners request it. He would not say how many miners requested the union's assistance.
"They felt in this process there wasn't a representative of the miners," Butero said. "I guess they felt left out."
Mine ownership did not return a phone call seeking comment.
The UMWA has been a vocal critic since the Aug. 6 collapse that trapped the six miners. The union criticized the owners of the Crandall Canyon mine for practicing "retreat mining," where coal and rock pillars supporting the ceiling are removed, and federal regulators for allowing the practice. Retreat mining is suspected of being a factor in the Aug. 6 collapse and the one 10 days later that killed three men trying to reach the trapped men.
This week, the UMWA wrote congressional leaders to request an independent investigation of the mine.
Robert Murray, whose company is co-owner of the Crandall Canyon mine, has lambasted the UMWA and accused the organization of using the six trapped miners as an opportunity to organize the mine.
Butero said the union believes the six trapped miners should not be left where they are but said he doesn't know the best way to remove them because he was not privy to all the information.
"Our stance is that decision should not be taken lightly," Butero said. "It should be fully evaluated."
ncarlisle@sltrib.com

Me too! 110% - Rage, usefully employed is the ultimate motive power.