HUMAN RESOURCES AND HISTORY

Human Resources and History

Human Resources and history

Ludlow Massacre

The main conditions that were in place at that time were the difficult and dangerous nature of mining for the colliers as they were at continuous risk for collapsing walls of mine, explosion and suffocation. In addition to this, the people working in Colorado were normally remunerated as per the produced coal tonnage, whilst the alleged dead work like the shoring up of the roofs that were unstable was frequently unpaid. A number of ambitious and poor coilers were driven by the tonnage system for gambling with their lives by taking ...