Description: VINTAGE and HISTORIC19791 1/4" with lock pin - Made in the USA SILKWOOD MEMORIAL BUTTONMAY 18, 1979 - - A federal court jury in Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee established the company’s responsibility for damage to the health of a worker in the nuclear industry. Karen Silkwood worked for the Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation at their Cimmaron, Texas, plant where plutonium was manufactured.Silkwood had become the first female member of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers bargaining committee, focusing on worker safety issues, but had suffered radiation exposure in a series of unexplained incidents. The jury in Judge Frank G. Theis’s court awarded her estate $505,000 in actual damages, and $10 million punitive damages. She had died (suspiciously) in a car accident on her way to a meeting with a New York Times reporter five years earlier. From the collection of Larry Fox, "The Button Man" (Member: A.P.I.C.)THIS ITEM IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL - NOT A REPRODUCTION! Your SATISFACTION is 100% GUARANTEED!
Price: 9 USD
Location: Valley Stream, New York
End Time: 2024-08-30T18:48:44.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Category: KAREN SILKWOOD
anti nuclear: anti nuke
Signed: No
Material: Pin Back
Fraternal Group Names: KERR McGEE
Modified Item: No
Whistle Blower: radiation poisoning
Nuclear power: Nuclear Energy
Type: Button
Year: 1979
Product Type: Buttons
political badges: lapel pins
Theme: Political
Event: Anti Nuclear Protest
Organization Type: Political - US
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Country/Region: United States
