Workers feared for their lives but were coerced to keep mining in unsafe conditions

Evidence

A miner who closed a tunnel for lack of air was threatened with firing if he did not reopen it. On the day before he perished, one miner described the inhumane working conditions: “Man, they got us up there mining, and we ain’t got no air. I’m just scared to death to go to work because I’m just scared to death something bad is going to happen” (Tavernise, 2011). It did. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1816 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Workers facing lethal hazards were coerced back into dangerous tunnels — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1816; Unprotected individual workers are powerless to refuse; Fear of unemployment disciplines workers into subordination to capital. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention, 250 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Workers facing lethal hazards were coerced back into dangerous tunnels #corroborates (0.95) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1816