It has taken Gov. Jim Justice little time to depict federal regulators as anti-coal miner agents of economic distress, but it has taken Justice’s coal companies much longer to agree to pay fines for failing to keep their miners safe. U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., a Justice opponent in the 2024 Senate race, has criticized the Justice coal companies for their business troubles and failure to provide uninterrupted prescription drug coverage. But Mooney also has drawn scrutiny for treatment of workers: his own congressional staff.
A federal court’s judgment against Gov. Jim Justice’s coal companies for lack of federally required notice to workers of mass job terminations has swelled above $1.9 million. The court’s 2023 judgment against Tams Management, Inc., Pay Car Mining, Inc., Bluestone Industries, Inc., Bluestone Resources, Inc., and Bluestone Coal Corporation followed an August 2022 jury trial finding in favor of former employee Jules Gautier. Gautier alleged the companies failed to provide 60-day notice required by the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act before October 2019 layoffs at the Burke Mountain Mine Complex in McDowell County.
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Jim Justice, a wealthy coal mine owner now serving as West Virginia’s Republican governor, gains an easier path for his Senate bid following Democrat Joe Manchin’s decision not to seek
Nearly 300 West Virginia properties owned by Gov. Jim Justice or his businesses, on which they owed almost $400,000 in delinquent taxes, went up for sale in public auctions in