Box 197

Scope and Contents This box contains material related to the Rushton Mining Company and the Rushton Project (1972-1976). The Rushton Quality of Work Project attempted to improve Mine Safety & Health as well as Labor Relations in an experiment sanctioned by the Coal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1969 - which permitted the Union & Company to suspend traditional labor and contract laws as well as certain provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1969 and to experiment with a...