Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster
Mining Contractor: ‘Either Do It, Or You’re Fired’

Mining contractors explain the violations that were occurring with the overseers of the Upper Big Branch Mine, explaining that the workers had no voice since they were not part of a labor union; they had to do what they were told or they were fired. The Upper Big Branch mining disaster occurred in West Virginia in 2010 and was an explosion that killed 29 of the 31 miners working that day.

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