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He says that in his 30 years at the head of the union, no achievement was more important than saving the health care and pensions of tens of thousands of retired coal miners.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, president of the United Mine Workers of America Cecil Roberts talks about his legacy and retirement in October. And advocates discuss electricity prices that have been rising at a rate faster than inflation in West Virginia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMiner benefit levels are tied to the federal pay scale rather than the cost of living. Therefore, though inflation levels have risen, miners’ black lung benefits have not.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsRobert Bailey was a coal miner for 36 years. He began working in McDowell County, and after it became too hard to breathe, he retired from a mine owned by…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia lawmakers say the new congressional spending plan contains a permanent extension of health care benefits for more than 22,000 retired miners…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia's Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin says the Senate backs permanently extending health benefits for more than 22,000 retired miners and…
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