Miners seek justice for black lung disease
By Cheng Yingqi | China Daily | Updated: 2011-02-16 07:53
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Seven former miners, who had worked several years in private gold mines in Gansu province and are suffering from pneumoconiosis, stage a demonstration in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, on Jan 19. Put together, the papers in their hands read: "Pneumoconiosis sufferers from Gansu's Gulang county call for society's notice." Provided to China Daily |
BEIJING - A total of 124 gold miners in Wuwei city, Northwest China's Gansu province, have been diagnosed with pneumoconiosis but have not received compensation because they had not signed labor contracts with the mine's owners, State broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday.
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