Monday, March 13, 2017

Dirty coal, criminal coal: Deadline looms again for retired coal workers’ health care

Dirty coal, criminal coal:  Retired workers of companies like Peabody tossed aside with bankruptcy, much like they are doing with environmental cleanup left undone.
Deadline looms again for retired coal workers’ health care  (via STL Public Radio)
Members of Local 1148 meet in Marissa, Illinois. Union president Randy Phelps sits in yellow, in yellow, said that without health insurance, he would "probably make it three months."
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