Tim Wheeler
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U.S.
Far-right Massey CEO pal runs for Congress
April 20, 2010Former West Virginia Judge Eliott Maynard is enlisting Tea Party backing for his campaign to unseat miner-friendly Democratic Rep. Nick Rahall.
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Labor
Mine union leader on Massey CEO: Handcuff and jail him!
April 16, 2010West Virginia coal miners stopped work April 16 to mourn the 29 killed at the Massey Energy mine, and President Obama ordered a top-to-bottom review of mine safety enforcement.
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Labor
Massey CEO to miners: I will close this mine if you vote union
April 13, 2010"This guy, making $30-some million in 2005, went inside the coal mine and sat down with every single worker and said: 'If you vote for the union, you're not going to have a job because I...
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U.S.
Evergreen Reds urge fight for jobs, tax reform
April 11, 2010Members of the Communist Party of Washington State - they could be called "Evergreen Reds" - gathered in convention here April 3.
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U.S.
Mourners stage vigils for miners; Blankenship updates Twitter page
April 8, 2010Hundreds of mourners staged candlelight vigils in West Virginia towns the evening of April 7 honoring the 29 coal miners who died in the explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine, April 5, and for...
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Labor
Union-buster Massey Energy cited 2118 times for safety violations
April 7, 2010Standing near the portal of the Massey Energy mine where at least 25 miners have died in a deadly explosion, Joe Main, assistant labor secretary for Mine Safety and Health, vowed to "turn over every rock"...
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Labor
Deadly explosions kill 31 energy workers in one week
April 6, 2010ANACORTES, Wash.---Families and co-workers of six oil workers killed in a refinery explosion here April 2 were mourning their dead when three days later another explosion, this one in a West Virginia coal mine killed 25...
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U.S.
Time for big, bold federal jobs program
March 30, 2010Jobs for America NOW is organizing meetings with lawmakers while they are home for the Easter recess to urge them to pass Rep. George Miller's $75 billion jobs bill.
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