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Take the Safety of Hardworking Miners Seriously!

Target: Richard Stickler, MSHA Assistant Secretary
Sponsored by: American Rights at Work

Recently released reports uncovered a huge failure at the federal agency in charge of mine safety.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) failed to fine more than 4,000 safety & health violations over the last six years for mines that broke regulations.

Richard Stickler, the man responsible for mine safety in this country, used to be a coal mining manager and executive. President Bush twice bypassed the Senate to appoint Stickler, despite loud protests from anyone familiar with his egregiously anti-safety record.

It's time the safety of America's workers came first! Sign the letter to Mr. Stickler below and add your ideas on how he can do his job.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 15,000

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Dear Asst. Secretary Stickler,

I'm outraged by recent reports that the Mine Safety and Health Administration failed to fine for more than 4,000 penalties over the last six years for mines that violated safety and health regulations.

This is an affront to workers who put their lives at risk every day. I have some suggestions for how Mr. Stickler can improve his job performance at MSHA:

- Enforce new mine safety rules as required by Congress

- Fine companies that break the law - all 4,000 incidents and counting - and prosecute those who don't pay

- Push for better safety and health regulations and enforcement

- Give miners a say in workplace safety by making it easier for them to form unions

- Think like a miner, not a mine executive.

- Listen to the miners when it comes to developing better safety regulations, not the companies

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Please do what's right for hardworking men and women in our country's mines.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

We signed the “Take the Safety of Hardworking Miners Seriously!” petition!

# 100:

3:35 am PST, Feb 21, Amanda Kimble, West Virginia

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3:09 am PST, Feb 21, Susan Walker, California

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3:02 am PST, Feb 21, Chetna Pittea, United Kingdom

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2:26 am PST, Feb 21, Karen Allmond, Maryland

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2:24 am PST, Feb 21, ALPHA WI, Germany

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2:22 am PST, Feb 21, Sheila DiSalvo, Massachusetts

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2:00 am PST, Feb 21, Elsie Frazier, Idaho

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1:30 am PST, Feb 21, Fabio Roccaforte, Italy

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1:10 am PST, Feb 21, Jennifer Cribbs, Ohio

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12:31 am PST, Feb 21, Northern Angel, Canada

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12:06 am PST, Feb 21, Kasia Borecka, Poland

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11:58 pm PST, Feb 20, Sanjoy Banerjee, India

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11:48 pm PST, Feb 20, Panagiotis Rigopoulos, Greece

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11:32 pm PST, Feb 20, Khurram Jutt, Pakistan

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11:19 pm PST, Feb 20, Name not displayed, New Zealand

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10:50 pm PST, Feb 20, Thunderr Wolf, New Jersey

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10:31 pm PST, Feb 20, Charlotte Pass, Alabama

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10:22 pm PST, Feb 20, Amanda Campbell, Idaho

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10:21 pm PST, Feb 20, Emiliano Galluccio, Italy

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9:58 pm PST, Feb 20, Kelli Stowe, California

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9:56 pm PST, Feb 20, Robert Redmon, Ohio

# 78:

9:45 pm PST, Feb 20, Frank Chizmar, Vermont
How many more have to die before you wake up to reality. Sometimes I think that Washington is totally blind to what is happening out there. We the people of the United States of America pay your salary. Get up off your comfy chair and start earning it with pride.

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9:43 pm PST, Feb 20, Maria Kotovych, Canada

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9:35 pm PST, Feb 20, Name not displayed, Maryland

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9:23 pm PST, Feb 20, Stephanie Bates, Oklahoma

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8:58 pm PST, Feb 20, Inga Turner, Maine

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8:31 pm PST, Feb 20, Luz Soni, Mexico

# 72:

8:22 pm PST, Feb 20, CJ Childress, Kentucky

# 71:

8:18 pm PST, Feb 20, Name not displayed, Florida
Because as honest hard-working citizens, they (& their families) DESERVE the same rights and benefits as citizens in other jobs...please help!

# 70:

8:14 pm PST, Feb 20, William Richard, Maine

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8:11 pm PST, Feb 20, Name not displayed, Maine

# 68:

8:10 pm PST, Feb 20, Karen Gray, Indiana
Mine safety is long overdue for an overhaul of the laws and enforcement!

# 67:

8:04 pm PST, Feb 20, Sandra Watson, Idaho

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7:56 pm PST, Feb 20, Tassa Rose, Massachusetts

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7:54 pm PST, Feb 20, Lee Speaks, California

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7:52 pm PST, Feb 20, Robert Gibbons, Canada

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7:49 pm PST, Feb 20, Kim Hobson, New Zealand
they deserve so much better, its just not right.

# 62:

7:46 pm PST, Feb 20, Gale Weaner, Texas
Have you no shame? Either do your job or resign. Right now you are nothing but an empty suit, lining your pockets with tax payer money.

# 61:

7:44 pm PST, Feb 20, Charles Mclachlan, United Kingdom

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7:42 pm PST, Feb 20, Laurel Burns, Maine

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7:32 pm PST, Feb 20, Paul Torrence, Oregon

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7:26 pm PST, Feb 20, Toni Nesbitt-Hanson, Texas

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7:14 pm PST, Feb 20, Mike Downs, Missouri

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7:10 pm PST, Feb 20, Pamela Kemp, Pennsylvania

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7:10 pm PST, Feb 20, Name not displayed, Missouri
Coal, and the machinery used to remove it from the ground are valued higher by the mine owner than any human being. Have things really ever changed?

# 54:

7:09 pm PST, Feb 20, Nassre Nasser, Michigan
that is so wronge what they are doing to the poor workers

# 53:

7:07 pm PST, Feb 20, Terry O'Neal, Virginia

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6:19 pm PST, Feb 20, Suey Sivula, New Zealand

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6:13 pm PST, Feb 20, Phil Maillard, Canada

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