On November 23, 1891, a miner in Alaska named Patrick Whalen was injured in a mining accident. After a lower court awarded him financial compensation, the Supreme Court stepped in to make sure that in
Obviously, we need to do whatever is necessary to transition to green energy. But who pays for that? Given that some of the largest lithium reserves are in the high deserts of the Andes, especially in
On April 12, 1959, unions led by the International Hod Carriers’, Building, and Common Laborers’ Union of America and with assistance from the United Steelworkers of America and the Operat
Good move here on the part of the Biden administration and let’s hope there’s a way to move this toward permanence so that the next Republican administration can’t just undo these pr
Saving the planet by creating new energy systems under the same system of unregulated capitalism that created the contemporary crisis is…..more than a little problematic. As we continue to have
On May 16, 1910, the federal government created the U.S. Bureau of Mines to investigate the terrible conditions that killed thousands of miners a year and to attempt to regulate those conditions. It w
On May 10, 1913, white gold miners in the Transvaal region of South Africa went on strike in one of the first major strikes in that nation’s history and also one where workers allowed their raci
