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Obama's War Against America's Jobs Continues! Over 1,600 Coal Layoffs In the Last 48 Hours!
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HOPEY-CHANGEY, SUCKERS.... The UMW actually SUPPORTED OBAMA, and gave him over a MILLION DOLLARS of members money in 2008. Talk about the chicken voting for Colonel Sanders!! Alpha closing 8 mines, cutting 1,200 jobs in allCoal producer Alpha Natural Resources said Tuesday it was cutting production by 16 million tons and eliminating 1,200 jobs companywide, laying off 400 workers immediately by closing mines in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. [ link to seattletimes.com] Patriot Coal cuts more output, jobsPatriot Coal Corp., the coal producer that filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, is making additional production cuts at three mines in Central Appalachia and laying off 250 employees and contractors. BOONE COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- More than 100 miners are set to be laid off in Boone County, according to the County Commission. County Commissioner Mickey Brown says a Newton Energy Mine in Comfort will be laying off 116 employees starting Nov. 12. Brown says a mine own by Patriot Coal in Wharton is also planning to layoff workers. There's no word yet on how many will be affected at that mine. Quoting: PravdaDemocrat your post is factually incorrect. these quotes are from the article you linked. the UMW has nothing to do with it, and only 153 jobs will be lost, not 1,200... "Alpha said it was closing four mines in West Virginia, three in Virginia and one in Pennsylvania. They are a mix of deep and surface mines, and all are non-union operations." "Company spokesman Ted Pile said most of the displaced workers may eventually be rehired, either assigned to new jobs in other locations or replacing outside contractors. Only 150 workers in West Virginia and three in Pennsylvania will not have any other employment opportunities with the company, he said" [ link to articles.marketwatch.com] NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Alpha Natural Resources Inc.’s move Tuesday to scale back 1,200 jobs marks the latest setback in the business of burning coal to produce electricity, as the U.S. turns to power from natural gas and renewable energy, such a wind.
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