Collapse of dignity
Subtitle: the story of a mining tragedy and the fight against greed and corruption in Mexico
By: Napoleón Gómez
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Dallas, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781939529220
Subjects: Mine explosions; Sindicato Minero (Mexico); Labor unions; Officials and employees; Coal mine accidents; Coal miners; Biography; History
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: The succession; title: A new leader; title: Toma de Nota; title: The explosion; title: In the time; title: Departure; title: The resistance; title: A legal farce; title: A global war; title: Dashed hope; title: Proof of conspiracy; title: Slander and redemption; title: Three strikes; title: The offer; title: A faulty bridge; title: The Larrea brothers go missing; title: A new casualty; title: The trick; title: The exile; title: Epilogue.