{"article":{"id":205316,"heading":"Building Bridges Radio: Utah Mine Disaster; Midsummer Markets Meltdown","author":"Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg","created":"2007-08-22 23:06:46","modified":"2013-11-11 00:49:29","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:49:29","article":"

Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report

National Edition

Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg

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Utah Mining Disaster – Act of God or Act of Management?

with

Joe Maine, Retired Director,

United Mineworkers Health & Safety Dept.



Following the deadly year in the mines in 2006, when 47 workers were killed, the Mine Safety and Health Administration reports that 10 miners have died on the job so far this year. Last year’s death toll was the highest since 1996. Now 6 Utah coal miners

remain trapped following a cave-in 1,500 feet under-ground in the non-union mine owned by Utah American Energy.We’ll examine how effectively the Bush administration has implemented the MINER Act’s requirements and what additional safety measures are needed.

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Midsummer Meltdown: The Stock and Housing Markets & Prospects for the U.S. & World Economy

with

Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research



Building Bridges looks at the factors that have led to the recent instability in financial markets, specifically the housing bubble and the recent run-up in stock prices. Is it likely that we will be thrown into a long and severe economic recession?

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To Download or listen to this 28:45 minute program,

go to http:\/\/www.radio4all.net\/proginfo.php?id=24332<\/a>

For more information contact Ken Nash - knash@igc.org<\/a>

Building Bridges is regularly broadcast live over WBAI,

99.5 FM in the N.Y.C Metropolitan area on Mondays from

7-8pm EST and is streamed, archived and pod cast at

www.wbai.org

Building Bridges National Edition

is regularly broadcast over:

WUOW - Oneonta, N.Y.

WWUH, - West Hartford, CT

WVJW- Benwood, WV

KRFP, Moscow, ID

KCSB, Santa Barbara, CA

WXOJ, Northampton, MA

KSOW,Cottage Grove, Oregon

WKNH ,Keene, NH

CKDU, Halifax, N.S., Canada

KRFC, Fort Collins, Colorado

WRPI, Troy, New York

WNRB, Wausau, WI

KRBS, Oroville, CA

Radio Veronica,West Point, PA

WHLD, Buffalo, NY

Radio Free Olympia,Olympia,WA

KQRP Salida, California

East Hill Radio, Snoqualmie, WA

as well as internet stations:

The Journey Radio

WXXE

Seattle Radical Radio

Radio for Peace International

Radio Labourstart

AmericanFM.org

RadioDriftless.org

Grateful Dead Public Radio

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