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Delegate Mike Caputo, D-Marion, the House minority whip and a UMW official, went so far as to write a letter to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin asking him to veto the bill. "I urge you to put the safety of the men and women working in our mines... Published: Monday, March 09, 2015 Words: 941
He is quick to characterize all those who disagree with the legislation as being anti-coal and against coal job creation. As a pro-coal, United Mine Workers of America coal miner, I am compelled to respond. Mr. Hamilton offered his... Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Words: 776
more jobs. Delegate Mike Caputo, D-Marion, asked Gov. Tomblin to veto any reduction in "lifesaving mine regulations. The United Mine Workers said enacting such a change would be the first time in modern history that West Virginia... Published: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 Words: 465
previously contained the broader prohibition that applied whether trolley wire was present or not. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed the bill, but in doing so pointed to a resolution lawmakers passed after the bill calling for the board... Published: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 Words: 663
worked out a bipartisan bill and it passed Wednesday night. ¦ Labor is planning another big demonstration at the Capitol. United Mine Workers of America president Cecil Roberts, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka, state AFL-CIO President... Published: Saturday, March 07, 2015 Words: 598
sides of those issues, but that abortion bill was even significantly more radical than the one that passed last year, I believe, and Gov. Tomblin vetoed, and that radical gun bill, providing that even youngsters could carry concealed... Published: Sunday, April 05, 2015 Words: 6389
from the West Virginia Coal Association, saying the bill wrongly weakens protection for workers and water quality. Leaders of the United Mine Workers union spoke out against the provisions of the "Coal Jobs and Safety Act during a... Published: Friday, February 06, 2015 Words: 848
signed into law SB 357, making it a very sad day in the history of our state. This law sets some areas of coal mine safety back 50 years. The laws that this bill repealed were written in the blood of our state's miners. These miners... Published: Thursday, April 09, 2015 Words: 541
attacking West Virginia's prevailing wage law, which could reduce the number and quality of local jobs for local workers. It could also compromise worker safety while opening the door to cheap, low-quality labor from out-of-state for... Published: Saturday, February 07, 2015 Words: 1050
legislation that would "lessen protections for our miners. However, Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers union, has come out strongly against the bill "As long as miners continue to die in West Virginia's mines, he... Published: Friday, February 13, 2015 Words: 1134
