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Showing Original Post only (View all)'I think Trump needs to show his face': Laid-off miners losing faith... [View all]
'I think Trump needs to show his face': Laid-off miners losing faith in coal promisesChris Kenning, Louisville Courier Journal Published 11:45 p.m. ET July 31, 2019
Read here: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/07/31/laid-off-eastern-kentucky-coal-miners-continue-block-train/1879761001/
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Protesting Kentucky coal miners sweated through a fourth day on top of a railroad track as they continued blocking a coal train from leaving a Harlan County mine.
Recently laid off, the miners are demanding weeks of back pay from their bankrupt employer as the company assets were put up for auction Thursday.
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But Blackjewels collapse left more than a quarter of Harlan Countys miners jobless. Some say they have nearly given up on President Donald Trumps long-promised coal revival.
"I think Trump needs to show his face in Harlan County, said miner Scott Mefford, who was among the dozens of miners on the train tracks near a sign that read, "No Pay, We Stay."
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Since the bankruptcy, Harlan Countys miners have struggled with overdrawn bank accounts, payments on houses and electric bills. Some said 401(k) contributions hadnt been properly credited to their accounts for months. Many have been relying on charity, unemployment or are considering changing careers amid coals long decline here.
"Our husbands worked for that money," said Sherrie Bowman, who said that her electric was temporarily disconnected and that she hasn't been able to get her son for critical medical treatment in Lexington.
The bankruptcy of the nation's sixth-largest U.S. coal producer came after a string of other major coal company bankruptcies in recent years, including Blackhawk and Wyoming-based Cloud Peak Energy in May.
Recently laid off, the miners are demanding weeks of back pay from their bankrupt employer as the company assets were put up for auction Thursday.
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But Blackjewels collapse left more than a quarter of Harlan Countys miners jobless. Some say they have nearly given up on President Donald Trumps long-promised coal revival.
"I think Trump needs to show his face in Harlan County, said miner Scott Mefford, who was among the dozens of miners on the train tracks near a sign that read, "No Pay, We Stay."
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Since the bankruptcy, Harlan Countys miners have struggled with overdrawn bank accounts, payments on houses and electric bills. Some said 401(k) contributions hadnt been properly credited to their accounts for months. Many have been relying on charity, unemployment or are considering changing careers amid coals long decline here.
"Our husbands worked for that money," said Sherrie Bowman, who said that her electric was temporarily disconnected and that she hasn't been able to get her son for critical medical treatment in Lexington.
The bankruptcy of the nation's sixth-largest U.S. coal producer came after a string of other major coal company bankruptcies in recent years, including Blackhawk and Wyoming-based Cloud Peak Energy in May.
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'I think Trump needs to show his face': Laid-off miners losing faith... [View all]
KY_EnviroGuy
Aug 2019
OP
Yes, and I think Scarlett Johansson needs to take me out for dinner tomorrow night . . .
hatrack
Aug 2019
#2
Oh he'll be showing his bloated orange face at a hate rally near you Kentucky. That's all you gonna
UniteFightBack
Aug 2019
#4
'Brother', my brother. Those are the billboards I saw on DU. Was too spent from another crapola day
sprinkleeninow
Aug 2019
#36
Words of truth. There will be a day of reckoning that will come to pass..
sprinkleeninow
Aug 2019
#32
He is talking about handing out more money to farmers after China stopped buying
Blue_true
Aug 2019
#56
China seems to have decided that they and the world are better off without him.
Blue_true
Aug 2019
#59
The ONLY solution to coal miners' problems is cheaper & easier that all the nonsense
SoCalDem
Aug 2019
#23
if the moron was smart, he would give the miner's their lost wages they deserve. fuck bankruptcy law
pansypoo53219
Aug 2019
#41
"They say in Harlan County, there are no neutrals there. /You'll either be a union man...
Hekate
Aug 2019
#44
I just lost my Dad @ 90 last January and I showed him a little piece of coal that was on the ...
Botany
Aug 2019
#63
Even in the case of metallurgy, natural gas will soon completely surplant coal.
Blue_true
Aug 2019
#64