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We remain grateful for Joe Manchin hard work to preserve the pensions and health care of our retirees across the nation, including thousands in West Virginia, joe Manchin has been at our side as we have worked to preserve coal miners' jobs in a changing energy marketplace and we appreciate that very much.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We are disappointed that the bill will not pass, we urge Joe Manchin to revisit Joe Manchin opposition to this legislation and work with Joe Manchin colleagues to pass something that will help keep coal miners working, and have a meaningful impact on our members, their families and their communities.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I also want to reiterate our support for the passage of voting rights legislation as soon as possible, and strongly encourage Senator Joe Manchin and every other Senator to be prepared to do whatever it takes to accomplish that, anti-democracy legislators and their allies are working every day to roll back the right to vote in America. Failure by the Senate to stand up to that is unacceptable and a dereliction of their duty to the Constitution.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
But now that fee will be cut in half, further shifting the burden of paying these benefits away from the coal companies and on to taxpayers.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Now the potential for those jobs is significantly threatened.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
United Mine Workers of America have had enough of this, we're not asking for something outrageous. We're not wanting to be millionaires or anything like that. They're basically wanting to get back to where they were five years ago.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I can assure you that the mere issuing of this report has already cost Democrats potential votes in places like Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We can retrain people until the cows come home here but their standard of living is going to be reduced, we want to hear how we retrain somebody to be part of the middle class.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Those candidates that are willing to go underground will have an opportunity to talk to coal miners in the place they work and understand what they do.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If we decide as a nation that we are going to have a completely carbon free electrical system that would cost trillions of dollars, I am guessing that for a lot less we can figure out how to burn coal cleanly.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We can all act like we need more time. But coal miners don't have any more time.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
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