Tare da Massey Energy Execs Yanke Ma'amaloli, Shin Don na Coal Country a ƙarshe zai Fuskantar Lokaci?
Don Blankenship, tsohon Shugaban Kamfanin Massey Energy wanda ya shahara sosai saboda yadda ya jajirce wajen neman riba ta hanyar kashe ma'aikata, ya zuwa yanzu ba a hukunta shi ba saboda wani babban aikin da ya yi. “Kisan kai na masana’antu,” kamar yadda Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru ta Amirka ta bayyana fashewar 5 ga Afrilu, 2010 a mahakar ma'adinan Upper Big Branch mallakar Massey a Montcoal, W. Va. wanda ya kashe masu hakar ma'adinai 29.
An tilasta wa barin aiki ya sauka bayan bala'in amma ya tafi tare da a Lavish "Golden Parachute" wanda ya hada da dala miliyan 2.7 a lokacin da ya yi ritaya, wani dala miliyan 10 da aka biya a shekarar 2011, miliyoyin karin diyya da aka jinkirta, gidan kyauta na rayuwa, inshorar lafiya, sakatare da sauran fa'ida.
Blankenship da sauran manyan jami'an Massey sun ki ba da shaida a gaban kwamitocin tarayya da na jihohi da ke binciken bala'in, watakila sun yi imani cewa za su iya yin nasarar dutsen masu binciken bango ta hanyar aiwatar da tsarin shiru na Mafia da aka sani da "omerta." Hakanan ana kiyaye shi ta hanyar ra'ayin mazan jiya na "masu ƙirƙira ayyuka" kamar Blankenship da kuma lalata dokokin da ke kare rayuwar ma'aikata a matsayin "ƙa'idodin wuce gona da iri," Shugaban Massey - tare da amincewar wani tsohon Sicilian mafioso - da ƙarfin hali. ya bayyana, “Ina tsammanin na san abin da ya faru da kuma sakamakon da zai biyo baya, don haka ban ƙara damuwa da binciken ba. Ina tsammanin yana bayan mu sosai."
Duk da haka, hukuncin da aka yanke a ranar Alhamis ɗin da ta gabata na Massey Babban Jami'in Gary May - wanda ya amince ya ba da hadin kai da hukumomi don musanya masa ɗan ƙaramin hukuncin da aka yanke masa - na iya sa Blankenship ya ƙara damuwa. Hukuncin zai iya zama mataki na farko akan hanyar da ke kaiwa kai tsaye zuwa Blankenship.
An yanke wa May, wata tsohuwar mai kula da aikin Blankenship to 21 watanni a gidan yari da kuma tarar dala 20,000 kan hada baki. Ya yarda cewa ya umurci wani ma’aikacin kamfani da ya kashe na’urar tantance methane a kan na’urar hakar ma’adinai ta yadda za ta ci gaba da yanke kwal ba tare da rufewa ta atomatik ba. NPR rahotanni May "har ila yau, ta amsa laifin da ta aikata na yaudarar jami'an tsaro na tarayya da kuma boye laifukan tsaro."
Tare da rufe na'urar lura da methane, fashewar tururin methane mai canzawa daga ƙurar kwal a ƙarshe ya haifar da fashewa a Babban Babban Reshe mai ƙarfi wanda ya yi tafiya mil bakwai a ƙarƙashin ƙasa kuma ya kashe ma'aikatan 29.
Amma da wuya May ya yi da kan sa lokacin da ya rufe hanyoyin tsaro. Don Blankenship ya kasance "Shugaba wanda aka tsara tsarin sarrafa shi sosai," kamar yadda Vicki Smith.ruwaito ga Kamfanin Dillancin Labarai na Associated Press. "A Babban Babban Branch, alal misali, Blankenship ya buƙaci rahotannin samarwa kowane minti 30."
Wani babban jami'in tsohon shugaban Massey, David Hughart, mai yuwuwar fuskantar tuhume-tuhume masu yawa saboda rawar da ya taka wajen yaduwar hadurran tsaro a ma'adinan Massey, shi ma ya amince ya ba da hadin kai. Shaidar Hughart na iya zama muhimmi a karshe daukar nauyin Blankenship, in ji Phil Smith, darektan sadarwa na Ma'aikatan Ma'adinai na Amurka, don Yin Aiki A Wadannan Zamani. “Nauyin hujja shi ne cewa [masu gabatar da kara na tarayya] na bukatar su tabbatar da alkiblar Blankenship da sanin kokarin Massey na kaucewa doka. Tare da Hughart, wannan shine karo na farko da kowa ya kalli matakin ma'adanan kuma ya kalli matakin kamfani."
Shaidar Hughart na iya zama mai muni ga Blankenship. Bisa lafazin ta AP:
Hughart a shirye yake ya amsa laifuffukan hada baki guda biyu da ke dauke da yiwuwar zaman gidan yari na tsawon shekaru shida. Masu gabatar da kara sun ce Hughart ya yi aiki tare da masu hada baki da ba a bayyana sunansa ba don tabbatar da cewa masu hakar ma'adinai a White Buck da sauran ayyukan mallakar Massey da ba a san ko su wanene ba sun sami gargadin gaba game da binciken gwamnatin tarayya na ba-zata sau da yawa tsakanin 2000 da Maris 2010. Waɗannan gargaɗin ba bisa ƙa'ida ba sun ba wa ma'aikata lokaci don ɓoye barazanar rayuwa. cin zarafi da ka iya haifar da zarge-zarge, tara da kuma rufe masu tsada, in ji hukumomi.
Irin wannan yunƙurin gujewa ƙa'idodin aminci na jihohi da na tarayya ya zama ruwan dare a Massey. Wani bincike a hukumance na jihar West Virginia wanda J. Davitt McAteer, tsohon darekta na Hukumar Kula da Lafiya da Tsaro ta Tarayya, ya kammala da cewa:
Bala'i a Upper Big Branch mutum ne ya yi kuma za a iya hana shi idan Massey Energy ya bi ka'idodin aminci, ingantattun gwaje-gwaje da ingantaccen tarihi….Massey ya nuna tunanin kamfani wanda ya sanya tuƙi don samar da kwal sama da amincin ma'aikaci.
An misalta damuwa game da riba da samarwa ta wata sanarwa ta Blankenship wacce ta kwadaitar da ma'aikata su yi watsi da kariyar tsaro mai cin lokaci kuma a maimakon haka su mai da hankali kan "gudu mai gudana": "Wannan bayanin yana da mahimmanci kawai saboda muna da alama ba mu fahimci cewa kwal yana biyan kudade ba. ”
Wannan tunanin, McAteer ya ƙaddara a cikin rahotonsa, sanya abin da ya kira "daidaitawar karkata":
Yawancin masu lura da haƙiƙa ba za su ga cewa ba za a yarda da ma'aikata su shiga cikin ruwa mai zurfi ba ko kuma a ci gaba da yin taɗi tare da tsarin samun iska - ainihin hanyar rayuwarsu a cikin ma'adanan ƙasa.
Ayyuka irin waɗannan na iya wanzuwa ne kawai a wurin aiki inda karkatacciyar hanya ta zama al'ada, kuma shaidu sun nuna cewa yawancin ayyukan ɓarna sun zama al'ada a ma'adinan Babban Babban Branch.
Wannan karkatacciyar gyare-gyare kan ribar da ake kashewa ga rayuwar ɗan adam ya haifar da rashin tsaro da rikodin muhalli ga Massey Energy gabaɗaya da ma'adinan Babban Babban Branch musamman, kamar yadda New York Times. ruwaito:
Bayanai na tarayya sun nuna cewa mahakar ma'adinai ta Babban Babban reshe ya sami rauni fiye da matsakaicin ƙasa don irin wannan ayyuka aƙalla shekaru 10 da suka gabata. Bayanan sun kuma nuna cewa mahakar ta samu cin zarafi 458 a shekarar 2009, tare da jimillar dalar Amurka 897,325 a matsayin hukuncin daurin rai da rai da aka tantance a bara. Ya biya $168,393 a cikin hukumcin aminci……
Irin wannan tarar, wanda aka ƙera don tada hankalin Massey, sun kasance daidai da tikitin ajiye motoci kawai ga babban kamfanin kwal. Don kiyaye abokan hamayyarsa a bakin teku, Blankenship ya bi tsarin rashin tausayi da rashin tausayi don ba Massey Coal cikakken iko a wurin aiki, masana'antar kwal, da kuma cikin siyasar yanki. "Tun daga ranar farko da zai iya, Don ya fara lalata ƙungiyoyi," in ji shugaban ma'aikatan ma'adinai na United Cecil Roberts. "Ya yi matukar tasiri a hakan, don haka a yanzu Don yana kokarin fadada damarsa a fadin jihar a harkokin siyasa."
Tasirin Blankenship a yankin zai yi wuya a wuce gona da iri. Jaridar New York Timesrahotanni shugabannin kwadagon sun yaba masa da rage hada kan masu hakar kwal daga kashi 95 zuwa kasa da kashi 25 cikin dari. Hakazalika, masana muhalli sun ce shi ne mabuɗin da ke haifar da yaɗuwar dabarun hakar ma'adinai na “tsawon tsaunuka”, wanda ke barin ƙasa mara kyau da gurɓataccen ƙorama. Daga ra'ayin 'yan Republican na gida, duk da haka, Blankenship duka dabara ne, Karl Rove-kamar dabarun dabaru kuma mafi mahimmancin mai kudi na West Virginia GOP.
Bangaren bargo don haka ya yi amfani da ikon baron feudal akan ƙasar kwal. Kamar yadda Phil Smith na United Minerworkers ya sanya shi, "Ya yi gudu a kudancin West Virginia da gabashin Kentucky." Dan Majalisar Wakilan Amurka Nick J. Rahall II, dan jam'iyyar Democrat wanda gundumar West Virginia ta hada da galibin ma'adinan kwal na Massey, aka bayyana Tasirin Shugaban Massey a cikin waɗannan sharuɗɗan: ''Don Blankenship zai kasance a zahiri ƙasa da ƙarfi idan ya kasance a zabe. Zai zama ninki biyu na hisabi kuma rabin abin tsoro.''
Amma yanzu Blankenship yanzu yana fuskantar yuwuwar cewa shaidar tsohon yes-men Gary May da Hughart na iya haifar da kogon ritayar sa na alfarma.
Duk da yake mai gabatar da kara na tarayya Booth Goodwin ya kasance cikin basira da haƙuri don gina shari'arsa a kan Blankenship, duk da haka, kwanan nan gwamnatin tarayya ta kula da masu laifi na kamfanoni yana ƙarfafa ra'ayin cewa suna fuskantar wani ma'auni na adalci fiye da yadda yara na cikin gida ke shiga cikin $ 50 ko $ 100 miyagun ƙwayoyi. yarjejeniyoyin da suka yi yawa na yawan fursunonin Amurka miliyan 2.2.
A game da mutuwar Babban Babban Branch 29, Massey Energy, wanda aka saya a cikin 2011 ta Alpha Natural Resources akan dala biliyan 8.5, Massey ya biya tarar dala miliyan 10.9 ga Hukumar Tsaro da Lafiya ta Mine - farashi mai sauƙi dangane da siyan Massey. farashin. Amma wannan ba daidai ba ne idan aka kwatanta da yarjejeniyar 2008 da Massey ya samu daga babban lauya. Kamar yadda Sourcewatch ya ruwaito:
Sai kuma Lauyan Amurka Charles Miller ya sasanta batutuwan farar hula da na laifuka game da Janairu 2006 Aracoma Alma Mine ta hanyar haɗa wani sabon alƙawari na ba za a gurfanar da kowane jami'i ko ma'aikatan kamfanin iyaye na Massey ba.
"Mai girma da kasawa" ya kasance a matsayin hujja, na farko a karkashin George W. Bush sannan kuma a karkashin Barack Obama, don belin bankunan Wall Street yayin ba da agajin gaggawa ga masu gida. Wannan dalili yanzu ya koma ciki "ya girma zuwa kurkuku," tare da masu gabatar da kara na tarayya sun murde hannayensu kan hasashen cewa hukunta masu zartarwa zai haifar da abin da ba za a amince da shi ba"Sakamakon sakamako" yana kashe dubun dubatar ayyuka-kamar dai waɗannan shuwagabannin masu aikata laifuka ba za su iya maye gurbinsu ba. Don haka duk da irin zarge-zargen da ake yi wa Don Blankenship, wannan rashin yarda da Sashen Shari’a a ƙarƙashin Babban Lauyan Gwamnati. Eric Holder don cikakken hukunta masu iko yana nufin cewa watakila, bayan haka, don na Appalachia da gaske ba shi da wannan damuwa da yawa.
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