The political establishment, media and unions are nervous about the growing opposition to the Labour Party-led government’s attempt to shut down the investigation of the 2010 Pike River mine disaster, which killed 29 men.
One reader’s letter says: “29 men went to work and never came home. They worked in a dangerous workplace. That was known by those at the top, and they got away with it.”
The statements reveal growing opposition in New Zealand and internationally to the Labour Party government’s plan to shut down the underground investigation into the 2010 Pike River mine disaster that killed 29 men.
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The WSWS spoke with writer and poet Fiona Kidman, who for several years has supported the fight by families of the 2010 Pike River mine disaster victims for a full investigation to uncover the precise causes of the disaster, and for justice for the 29 men who died.