Major layoffs announced in western Kentucky coal mines.

[Cattledog]

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - More than 500 employees in Kentucky's coal sector will be impacted by the latest round of layoffs and terminations.

The Office for Employment and Training announced two Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices.

Beginning February 18, Armstrong Coal in Madisonville anticipates laying off all employees at all facilities in Kentucky. That is 427 employees in all.

Also, on February 14, Thoroughfare Mining will be permanently laying off all 99 employees at the Survant Mine in Central City, Kentucky.

Between the two companies, 526 employees will be permanently laid off.

http://www.wave3.com/story/37103149/major-layoffs-announced-in-western-kentucky-coal-mines

[rainin]

1. How will they blame Obama or Hillary?

They will find a way.

[world wide wally]

16. Regulations, no doubt

[Blue_true]

28. They will find some way, they always do. nt

[LenaBaby61]

34. They will find some way, they always do.

President Hillary's emails are @ fault, and well, former President Obama is a Muslim or something

Those two ^^ are responsible for thuglican Kentuckians losing their coal minin' jobs, even though the pig installed into office is "president."

[egold2604]

2. So much for bringing coal mining jobs back

[oasis]

55. Thanks for the votes, suckers.

60 million strong

[WhiteTara]

3. Thanks Trump. nt

[Achilleaze]

4. Surprise, surprise, the Republicans were lying

the biggest liar of all was comrade casino, the Republican draft dodger in chief. Deplorable.

[wcmagumba]

5. but, but, but...

he told us...drumph=stupid, lying, narcissistic, a**hole!

[atreides1]

13. Poor and stupid!

They pinned their hopes on a man who had nothing in common with them, and just told them what they wanted to hear, without actually laying out a plan!!!

Now the suffering they brought to the rest of us, is going to happen to them as well!!!

I can forgive accidental stupidity, but intentional stupidity that these people have shown, I don't forgive that!!!

[Aristus]

45. No sympathy...

They were told not to vote for him. They did anyway.

Enjoy unemployment, idiots...

[Scurrilous]

7. Suckers!!1!

[muntrv]

8. So how is that makey America greatey thingy workin fer ya?

[roamer65]

9. Coal-fired electricity generation is on its way out.

There will be more layoffs to come.

Wind and solar are the future and the trumpistas cannot stop it.

[democratisphere]

10. Eventually everyone will discover that drumpf and the GOP are a

bunch of absolute liars.

[tonyt53]

11. I know several of the people losing those jobs. They ALL voted for trump - he was saving their jobs.

Most of the Armstrong employees are in Ohio County, where I grew up back in cave man days. In Muhlenburg County (where Central City is) there is a huge Tennessee Valley Authority power plant. In March of this year, they shut down two of the coal-fired units, and fired up three natural gas-fired combined cycle units, with the same total capacity of the two shut down units. Those two units are permanently disabled. Muhlenburg County was the largest coal producing county in the US for many years.

[ClarendonDem]

12. The first question for Trump (or I guess Huckabee-Sanders)

At the next news conference should be what happened to Trump's promise to save the coal jobs (and the auto worker jobs, etc.).

[thegoose]

39. Why bother?

They deflect and spin and the media says, "Ooh, ooh...they may have misspoken" or "They're presenting alternative facts" or "May I have another one, sir?

Good Lord.

[ClarendonDem]

40. I guess we ask the question to hold their feet to the fire

Even though Trump's supporters -- including coal miners -- don't care that Trump is a lying, racist, sexual assailant.

[BigmanPigman]

14. I am assuming that Hannity and pals at

Fux Ruse will not be mentioning this fact on their propaganda network.

[Fred Sanders]

32. Yes they will if they can blame pesky Obama regulations, like the ones saving miners lives.

[thbobby]

15. Just like trump promised

Right?

[Freethinker65]

17. And they still will deny the canary

[lindysalsagal]

18. Amazing how Obama continues to run everything from a distance.....

because there's no way they'll admit their orangatan did that to them. It HAD to be Obama. Of course.

And, tomorrow, Obama's coming to get all of their guns, and make their daughters marry mexicans, and install shariah law, and turn everyone gay.....

[gvstn]

19. And steal their butter! Let's not forget that.

[lindysalsagal]

20. and kick the dog, swat the cat...

[Orange Free State]

58. And confiscate their pickup trucks,

and cut off their oxycodone supply.

[DBoon]

57. Isn't that George Soros' job?

I mean being the hidden force behind all malevolent events, responsible for fires and hurricanes and your cow dying, the laundry not getting clean , etc.

[gvstn]

72. I forgot...

His wife has well muscled arms (which she probably has to work out daily to achieve) and likes to bare them in public!

And she actually used a plot of land on the White House grounds to show little children that vegetables grow in the dirt and have to be cared for. Don't get me started on that Obama guy.

Luckily, he just went after our butter, if he had gone after my sour cream there would have been a real fight.

Sad!

[JHB]

21. This Happy New Year notice is brought to you by the letter T

[CK_John]

22. They have only UBI to look forward to; inorder to stay in their valley.

[elleng]

23. and mcconnell says WHAT?

[delisen]

35. Kentucky senators:McConnell + Rand Paul. nt

[elleng]

43. Right, 2 'bought' repugs

pretending they serve coal miners.

[delisen]

46. Kentucky is a state full of kids in pain from tooth decay

It has among the worst statistics for missing teeth among adults and cavities.

I don't understand men like McConnell and Paul. They have no shame.

[elleng]

48. I agree, and I don't understand how Kentuckians can continue to vote for them.

[JI7]

60. they serve them by opposing rights for gays and other minorities

[Permanut]

24. So, if I'm doing the math correctly..

526 employees who voted for Trump in 2016, minus one who changed his mind, that gives Mango Mussolini 525 votes for re-election.

[JI7]

25. This is why we need to get rid of dreamers and ban muslims and build the wall

[JI7]

26. Its gay marriages fault

[JDC]

27. "Beautiful Coal jobs are coming back" - Conman

[VMA131Marine]

29. Coal is dead! Here comes the Sun!

It's alright!

[Skittles]

30. I hope they know Trump is charging $600 to attend his party

HAPPY NEW YEAR, SUCKERS

[spanone]

38. cashing in on the 'presidency'

Ticket prices for the annual Dec. 31 bash at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in South Florida are going up to $600 for dues-paying members and $750 for their guests, according to members of the private Palm Beach club. Last year’s tickets went for $525 for members and $575 for guests.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/20/trump-mar-a-lago-new-years-eve-party-tickets-price-307497

[Retrograde]

44. gotta grab it while he can

He and his spawn are busy raking it in with both hands as fast as they can, because they suspect it's not going to last long. I hope and pray it's not going to, at least.

[better]

49. Well, it takes more labor

to bill the Secret Service for those golf carts. But hey, at least that means more jobs for Americans, right?
Oh wait...

[Squinch]

31. Sorry but ...

Couldn't help it. They're why many of us are losing our jobs. It's only fair.

[gopiscrap]

33. I thought trump was going to save their jobs

[MustLoveBeagles]

36. So this means that Trump lied to them

I'm shocked!

A part of me feels sorry these people. The other part is disgusted that they fell for an obvious conman's lies.

[Rorey]

51. I feel sorry for their minor children

I have no sympathy for anyone who voted for 45 or any republican.

[spanone]

37. brought to you by the Liar-in-Chief

[sunonmars]

41. Hillary wanted to bring a huge retraining package for coalminers for the future

They didnt listen, chose to listen to the snakeoil salesman instead.

[Xolodno]

42. I'm going to act like a Republican....

Now these takers will be using OUR unemployment insurance, OUR free emergency rooms, OUR welfare benefits, etc.

[lpbk2713]

47. Are we MAGA yet?

Meanwhile, Trump is finishing up on the 18th hole
and not giving dirty coal miners a thought.

[cntrfthrs]

50. boo f'ing hoo....

i have NO sympathy....those poor idiots wont even have medicare/medicaid or SSI if the repubs have their way.....DAMMED GOOD FOR THEM!

[Renew Deal]

52. Nobody saw that coming

Oh wait...

Look, we have serious economic problems in many parts of our country. And Roland is absolutely right. Instead of dividing people the way Donald Trump does, let's reunite around policies that will bring jobs and opportunities to all these underserved poor communities.

So for example, I'm the only candidate which has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity using clean renewable energy as the key into coal country. Because we're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business, right?

And we're going to make it clear that we don't want to forget those people. Those people labored in those mines for generations, losing their health, often losing their lives to turn on our lights and power our factories.
Now we've got to move away from coal and all the other fossil fuels, but I don't want to move away from the people who did the best they could to produce the energy that we relied on.

So whether it's coal country or Indian country or poor urban areas, there is a lot of poverty in America. We have gone backwards. We were moving in the right direction. In the '90s, more people were lifted out of poverty than any time in recent history.

Because of the terrible economic policies of the Bush administration, President Obama was left with the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, and people fell back into poverty because they lost jobs, they lost homes, they lost opportunities, and hope.

So I am passionate about this, which is why I have put forward specific plans about how we incentivize more jobs, more investment in poor communities, and put people to work.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/may/10/context-hillary-clintons-comments-about-coal-jobs

Trump lied to them. Hillary didn't. Who ended up being correct?

[Kittycow]

59. Thank you for that.

ETA:. A guy on the trump regrets Twitter thing just bitched out trump because he got laid off at Carrier last week. Of course he was a trump voter.

Gee.

[JI7]

53. Happy NEw Years MAGA MAGA MAGA

[RKP5637]

54. As Trump's plan rolls out many deplorabes will be shocked he's NOT their buddy. They were used.

Maybe they might start waking up now to what is really going on.

[Demtexan]

56. But he promised coal jobs.

O my.

Now Trump is cutting social programs.

You get what you vote for.

[FSogol]

61. Why has Trumpy forsaken them?

[duforsure]

62. Feel badly for those miners

They believed him, just like some still believe him when his tax scam will rob them blind for decades, and the millions losing their health care, or having their heath care premiums skyrocket upwards even more, and the damage he'll do to this county's economy. Those people losing their jobs will be devastated, and forced into poverty without something equal to replace what they had. Everything he claimed was the opposite of the truth, and maybe a lot more will realize that's what he does, over and over again. Solar is getting so much cheaper, and promoted everywhere else except here now, it'll reduce their jobs mining coal even more soon. Unless you believe his propaganda, again. Sadly some still will.

[MrsCoffee]

68. They believed he would screw people other than themselves and you feel sorry for them?

He NEVER promised to make America great for everyone.

He promised to take away healthcare. Promised to defund Planned Parenthood. Promised to give tax breaks to corporations. Promised to lock Hillary up. Promised to kill regulations that protect lifeforms and the planet. Promised to make it easier to get guns. Promised to stop global warming funding. Promised to bring back waterboarding. Promised to cancel funding to sanctuary cities. Promised to kick a bunch of adults, kids, families out of the country. Promised to ban Muslims. Promised to end birthright citizenship. Promised to dramatically scale back US Education Dept.

That’s just what I can come up with off the top of my head.

No I don’t feel sorry for people who believed he would do what he said he would do and then voted for him anyway.

[HAB911]

63. Trumpy should use an Executive Order

and make them continue working

Yeah, that's the ticket

[Vinca]

64. Will this wake them up that their lord and savior Donald J. Trump is a con man?

[ileus]

65. A win win win for us.

1 they lose their jobs trump promised them.

2 another dirty mine is closing, or at least orders are declining.

3 They have to crawl to the government they hate for handouts.



As a bonus we get to say "We told you so."

[MichMan]

67. Why are you so happy that people are losing their jobs?

Why are you so happy people are losing their jobs? Pretty sick if you ask me

[ileus]

69. earth destroying dirty jobs, held by our enemy.

[Oneironaut]

70. It's not a "win" for anybody.

1. Not everything is about making a political point - especially when lives and livelihoods are at risk.
2. This is true. Coal is dying, which is definitely a good thing.
3. Their families will also suffer. They may also turn to substance abuse, becoming a bigger burden on society.

"We told you so" is a juvenile attitude, and is what's wrong with politics these days. I really couldn't care less about being able to 'shove it in Republicans' faces.' That's pointless - almost like treating politics as a sporting event where we try to 'win' to get 'bragging rights.'

I'd rather get the people who were laid off into job retraining programs. If they still like Trump for it, whatever. The net effect is still better for the country than the toxic attitude of, "They like Trump, so I hope they suffer!"

[Takket]

66. Ultimately they will be happy

Knowing that the tax scam bill gave tons of breaks to the rich that will be trickling down to them.... Any minute now....

[Horse with no Name]

71. Hey Kentucky

Trump took your jobs.
Think that’s bad? He took your healthcare too.
You know how to fix it?
Vote Democratic.