Title: 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
Places: Nueva Rosita, Mexico
People: Napoleón Gómez Urrutia