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With some Kentucky businesses and politicians calling for the state to end the weekly $300 supplement to unemployment benefits, a group of 17 unions,…
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West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin will take part in a discussion on Monday about the future of energy and coalfield communities. Manchin will participate in…
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A group of Ohio Valley senators says a watchdog agency’s recent report shows that federal regulators must do more to protect coal miners from silica dust,…
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The 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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Congressional leaders say legislation to support health care benefits for retired miners could be attached to a must-pass spending bill this week.The…
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White signs advocating for the protection of pension and healthcare benefits were waived at a United Mine Workers of America rally in Lexington Tuesday.…
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More than 100 retired coal miners and spouses from across the region will file into buses Tuesday for a mine workers rally in Lexington.The United Mine…
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For the first time in about a century, no union coal miners are working in Kentucky. The state’s few remaining union miners were laid off New Year’s Eve…
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Peabody Energy Corp. wants a bankruptcy court to confirm that it can terminate its obligation to fund Patriot Coal’s retiree health care benefits.Peabody…
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Patriot Coal has a bankruptcy judge's go-ahead to enter into a new labor agreement with the nation's biggest miners' union, ending a long, acrimonious…