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Re:An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands of Coal Miners by ars on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @09:39PM (#18712579)
> in the absence of someone keeping an industry honest

Aren't mines mostly unionized? Isn't that like the #1 reason for a union to exist?

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Re:An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands of Coal Miners by munchbunny on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @10:14PM (#18712720)
Unions don't exist to keep industries honest. Unions exist to look after employees. They are often but not always the same thing.

But more practically speaking, unions clearly didn't solve the problem here, and unions' power over the economy has waned a lot over the years.

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