Source: The Intelligencer. Wheeling News-Register July 13, 2024 POWHATAN POINT — Eighty years ago this month, 66 men were trapped deep beneath the ground about 6 miles outside of Powhatan Point where they met their fates – and on Friday, their successors gathered to honor and remember them. The tragic loss of life […]
Source: KXRM Colorado Springs July 10, 2024 (TRINIDAD, Colo.) — The National Park Service (NPS) announced on Wednesday, July 10 awarded grants to eight recipients to help preserve battlefields and other sites of armed conflict, including the site of the Ludlow Massacre in Las Animas County. “The diverse grant opportunities provided through the […]
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Source: Alabama Politcal Reporter July 4, 2024 A subcommittee that Aderholt chairs supported cutting funding for a regulation meant to prevent coal miners from developing black lung. On June 28, the United Mine Workers of America released a statement harshly criticizing Alabama Representative Robert Aderholt and a subcommittee he chairs for a […]
Source: The Dominion Post June 28, 2024 UMWA Condemns U.S. House subcommittee move to defund enforcement of new MSHA black lung silica dust rule MORGANTOWN – In April, miners and mining labor leaders met with U.S. Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su in Uniontown, Pa., to celebrate DOL’s final rule to protect […]
Source: The Washington Post June 28, 2024 The head of the national mine workers’ union is condemning an effort by House Republicans to block enforcement of a long-awaited federal rule directed at curbing workers’ exposure to deadly rock dust. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The head of the national mine workers’ union on Friday condemned what […]