Summary
A working paper by Professor Alison Morantz, which addresses whether union coal mines are safer than non-union operations, is cited in this Canadian Business article.
The United Mine Workers of America says a notice the new owners posted at a West Virginia mine where 29 men died in an explosion last year is a standard industry tactic aimed at discouraging attempts to unionize.
The union knows about the memo that Virginia-based Alpha Natural Resources posted at the Upper Big Branch mine, discouraging unionization on the day it bought Massey Energy, UMW spokesman Phil Smith said Tuesday.
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“I construe these results as evidence for a ‘real’ union safety effect in U.S. underground coal mining,” author Alison Morantz wrote in the Stanford Law School report.
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