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UMWA Wants More Coronavirus Protections for Coal MinersThe United Mine Workers of America is asking federal regulators to set uniform, enforceable guidelines to help protect coal miners from contracting…
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Just three bankruptcies of American coal companies have added more than $800 million in costs to a federal government program that funds health care for…
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Lynn Estel Stanley was the kind of coal mine foreman who wanted to know if there was a safety problem, and would always be the one to go fix it himself.…
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Coal miners who went without pay when mining company Blackjewel declared bankruptcy this June are one step closer to receiving lost wages. The checks come…
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The nearly two-month blockade of a Kentucky railroad track is coming to an end as unpaid coal miners end their protest in order to take new jobs, start…
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Miners left unpaid by the bankrupt Blackjewel coal company say they are prepared to keep up their protest on railroad tracks in Harlan County, Kentucky,…
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This year, under the Trump administration, MSHA decided to remove POV status for the Affinity mine in an agreement with the company that resolved…
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On a cool but clear November day about a dozen residents from eastern Kentucky’s coal mining region crowded into the lobby of an office building in the…
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A new study from the Government Accountability Office finds that the federal fund supporting coal miners with black lung disease could be in financial…
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President Donald Trump’s campaign-style rally in Louisville got the attention of some retired coal miners in the region.