Karen Silkwood was a Union Activist, one day she found herself on her way to deliver evidence of falsified health and safety records to a New York Times reporter and union representative when suddenly she was allegedly driven off the road and killed. The important information she carried with her on November 13, 1974 where never found. Thus she is remembered as a union martyr and a whistle blower for health issues and concerns.
Silkwood worked at the Kerr McGee Company’s Cimarron plutonium plant in Crescent, Oklahoma and an active member of Local 5-283 of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union. As union activist, Silkwood was startled by the serious health risks in a nuclear fuels production plant. She takes m
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