We Offer Ourselves as Evidence: Toward Workers' Control of Occupational HealthStudy of the social movement for occupational health led by retired workers suffering from occupational disease in the USA - describes how coal miners suffering from pneumoconiosis and textile workers afflicted with byssinosis caused by cotton dust, sought to alter government attitudes and management attitudes to recognise that these conditions should give eligibility for disability benefit, and require occupational safety measures. Bibliography. |
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