Mine Worker Advocates Worried Coal Firm’s Tax Cut Jeopardizes Black Lung Fund March 22, 2019 By Dylan Lovan The Trump administration and coal industry allies are insisting that a federal black lung trust fund will continue to pay...
U.S. Court Approves Clean-Up Deals, Executive Bonuses for Peabody August 19, 2016 By Jim Christie and Tracy Rucinski Bankrupt coal company Peabody Energy has won U.S. court approval for agreements with three states to partially cover $1.14 billion...
Miners’ Union Takes Unusual Legal Turn to Save Benefits in Bankruptcy May 1, 2013 By Nick Brown As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp., lawyers for...