Re:Amazon's German Workers Strike
by maxerickson on Monday December 16, 2013 @11:54AM
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Mining has gotten a lot safer in the U.S.
It's roughly on par with farming or driving a taxi.
Oil and gas workers face more danger than other miners (I guess this is mostly because of the decline of mining in general and tendency for open pit mines over other types of operations).
Fishing and logging are still tremendously dangerous, but, for instance, fisherman in Alaska average more than $20,000 a year from their off-season non fishing jobs.
It's roughly on par with farming or driving a taxi.
Oil and gas workers face more danger than other miners (I guess this is mostly because of the decline of mining in general and tendency for open pit mines over other types of operations).
Fishing and logging are still tremendously dangerous, but, for instance, fisherman in Alaska average more than $20,000 a year from their off-season non fishing jobs.
http://labor.alaska.gov/research/seafood/seafood.htm