Collapse of dignity

Description:

In the early morning hours of February 19, 2006, a sudden blast shook a coal mine in northern Mexico, trapping sixty-five workers in a subterranean tunnel. Labor department inspectors and the company operating the mine had ignored the egregiously hazardous state of the work site and were failing miserably at a rescue effort. The senseless tragedy-- stemming directly from an insatiable hunger for profits-- set off a massive confrontation between the National Miners' Union and the transnational corporations that wield great power in the country's government.

subjects: Mine explosions,  Sindicato Minero (Mexico),  Labor unions,  Officials and employees,  Coal mine accidents,  Coal miners,  Biography,  History,  nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2013-06-30,  New York Times bestseller,  Strikes and lockouts, miners,  Mines and mineral resources, mexico,  Industrial policy, mexico,  Labor unions, mexico

People: Napoleón Gómez Urrutia

Places: Nueva Rosita,  Mexico