United Mine Workers

Upper Big Branch Mine Conditions Were 'Industrial Homicide,' Union Alleges

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Video, United Mine Workers, Coal, Coal Mining, Upper Big Branch Mine, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Green News

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The nation's largest mine workers union accused Massey Energy Co. and its managers on Tuesday of "industrial homicide" for c...

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The Last Mountain -- New Documentary Chronicles Coal Mining's Collateral Damage

Michael Rose | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Coal, Maria Gunnoe, Appalachia, Alternative Energy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., West Virginia, Sustainable Energy, Uncommon Productions, Bill Haney, DADA Films, Don Blankenship, United Mine Workers, Wind Power, Coal River Valley, Environment, Documentary, Mountain Top Removal, The Last Mountain, Los Angeles News
Michael Rose

Maria Gunnoe's fight to stop MTR and transform the Appalachian Mountains into a wind energy powerhouse attracted filmmaker Bill Haney and his partners, who feature her in their documentary, The Last Mountain.

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Blair Mtn. Thanksgiving: Will Sen. Joe Manchin and Nation Thank Coal Miners or Massey Energy?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Appalachia, Labor, Dirty Coal, President Obama, United Mine Workers, US Sen. Joe Manchin, Clean Coal, West Virginia, Mountaintop Removal, Unions, Coal, Sen. Robert Byrd, Green News
Jeff Biggers

As we huddle around our Thanksgiving dinner tables on Thursday, reflecting on the bounty of our nation, recently elected US Sen. Joe Manchin will have...

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Citizens United Reveals the Danger of Our Right Wing Supreme Court

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, The Nation, National Education Association, Financial Reform, President Obama, George W. Bush, Theodore Olson, Warren Court, Clarence Thomas, Campaign Finance, Activist Judges, Goldman Sachs, Jeffrey Rosen, Citizens United v. FEC, United Mine Workers, Lewis Friedland, Financial Crisis, Health Care, Jeffrey Toobin, Financial Regulation, JP Morgan Chase, Lobbying, Wells Fargo, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Citizens United, New York Times v Sullivan, Oil Companies, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Stephen Breyer, Bruce Shapiro, Roberts Court, Citi, Brown v. Board of Education, Corporations, University of Wisconsin, Samuel Alito, New York Times, Anthony Kennedy, Unions, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

Here is the dirty little secret the GOP doesn't want you to know: The four extreme right wing Supreme Court justices are as activist as any judges can get.

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Call Now: Verizon Wireless Sponsors Union-Busting Mountaintop Removal Rally?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Massey Energy, Dirty Coal, Labor Day, United Mine Workers, Ted Nugent, Sean Hannity, President Barack Obama, Climate Change, Communication Workers of America, Verizon Wireless, Environmental Defense Fund, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, West Virginia, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Verizon and a British Lord are joining forces to deny climate change and fight unions.

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