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    :: Sunday, January 08, 2006 ::

    "The Man (and the System) behind the Mining Murders" - by Andrew Pollack, monthlyreview.org
    Most of the coverage of the West Virginia mine murders quoted International Coal Group CEO Bennett Hatfield, who was on the scene. But its owner and "Non-Executive Chairman" is corporate takeover artist Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., who has bought up bankrupt firms in a variety of industries after they shed pension, health and/or other obligations to their workers. And after purchase, safety at these companies has nose-dived, thanks to the weakening or elimination of the unions, as well as nonenforcement of safety laws and regulations by state and federal authorities.
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