Miners
Miners’ leader Roberts urges Congress to protect pensions
October 24, 2019Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts is urging quick House passage of two pieces of legislation, HR934 and HR935.
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Ben Riskin, the Communist behind “portal-to-portal” pay
August 20, 2019He fought to win workers pay for the time it takes them to get to and from their job, but corporate-controlled Congressmen took it away.
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Bill to save multi-employer pensions not enough for sick miners
July 26, 2019“Working men and women whose retirement income security is at risk have not forgotten the 2008 record-setting federal rescue of Wall Street. Multiemployer pension plan participants and retirees are no less worthy than the financial services...
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Mueller report: ‘Miners for Trump’ rally in Pittsburgh was a fake
April 19, 2019Fake "Miners for Trump" rallies were among the many acts taken by Russian operatives in an attempt to swing the 2016 election for Donald Trump.
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Miners’ black lung fund running dry after GOP cuts coal tax
March 20, 2019Trump and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell have reaped huge contributions from the coal industry, and now they're suffocating miners, literally.
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