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Details are out on proposed Patriot Coal-UMWA deal
Last evening, Patriot Coal lawyer made this filing to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court out in St. Louis, asking for court approval of the company’s proposed deal with the United Mine Workers of America....
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UMWA members set to vote on Patriot deal
It’s a bit day today for miners at Patriot Coal, and for the bankrupt coal company. As Jessica Lilly reports over at West Virginia Public Broadcasting: The United Mine Workers of America is expected...
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UMWA members approve Patriot Coal deal
Here’s the news just in tonight: Members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) who work at Patriot Coal operations in West Virginia and Kentucky today ratified a settlement the union reached...
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Appeals court overturns Peabody benefit ruling
Here’s the news in today from the United Mine Workers of America: The United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit today reversed a decision by federal Bankruptcy Judge Kathy...
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Patriot to close Logan operations
Here’s the announcement made yesterday by Patriot Coal: Patriot Coal Corporation today announced plans to idle its Logan County complex located near Man, West Virginia, reducing thermal coal...
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Remembering the Jim Walter Mine Disaster
UMWA miner Ricky Rose, who survived the 2001 disaster, showed me his truck — decorated to honor his fellow miners who were killed — during a visit to Brookwood, Ala., a few years ago. Twelve years ago...
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Big news: UMWA reaches deal with Patriot, Peabody
The press releases came very late last night — just before midnight — and best I can tell Taylor Kuykendall was the first out with a story early this morning: Patriot Coal Corp. announced it has...
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Murray confirms purchase of CONSOL mines
We wrote about two weeks ago regarding the widespread speculation that Murray Energy was going to buy CONSOL Energy’s major coal operations in Northern West Virginia, and this morning that deal was...
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Alpha close to $265 million deal in safety suit
Early this morning, Alpha Natural Resources issued its latest quarterly financial statement, and it certainly has some interesting news: Alpha has made significant progress toward reaching a tentative...
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Patriot Coal set to emerge from bankruptcy
The Associated Press had the story yesterday out of St. Louis: A federal bankruptcy court has approved Patriot Coal’s reorganization plan, clearing the way for it to emerge from 17 months of...
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What next for Murray Energy?
The first report I saw about the latest news regarding Murray Energy came from the Observer-Reporter in southwestern Pennsylvania: Murray Energy Corp. confirmed Wednesday it will terminate medical...
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Still searching for Cecil Roberts
We’ve written many times in this space about the huge problems, tricky politics, and uncertain future that challenge United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts. See here, here, here and...
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Cecil Roberts re-elected as UMWA president
Here’s some news from the United Mine Workers of America: United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts and International Secretary-Treasurer Daniel J. Kane have been...
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Report: Murray planning 1,800 layoffs
Here’s the report out today from the Wall Street Journal: Coal miner Murray Energy Corp. is set to announce layoffs of around 1,800 workers at nine locations on Friday, according to a person familiar...
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Bipartisan bill aims to fund miner pensions
Here’s the news out of Washington this morning: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced the Miners Protection Act....
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Patriot Coal: Here we go again …
Here’s the news from The Associated Press: Patriot Coal wants a bankruptcy judge’s permission to reject the company’s collective bargaining agreement with union miners and change retirees’ health care...
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UMWA blasts ‘outrageous’ actions by Patriot
Here’s the latest from the United Mine Workers of America, in response to the recent move by Patriot Coal to try to break its union contract: The language of the court documents filed by Patriot Coal...
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Court action continues in Patriot bankruptcy
Patriot Coal is back in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Virginia, today — this time on its motion to be released from its labor contracts with the United Mine Workers union. As The Wall Street...
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UMWA says talks with Patriot Coal buyer ‘the most unproductive’ negotiations...
Here’s the latest word on the Patriot Coal bankruptcy hearing, via The Wall Street Journal’s Jacqueline Palank: A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday “strongly” recommended that Patriot Coal Corp.’s would-be...
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Happy Labor Day
In this Oct. 15, 2014 photo, coal miners return on a buggy after working a shift underground at the Perkins Branch Coal Mine in Cumberland, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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