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Another pro-President Joe Biden union just told it’s rank-and-file members: Sorry, guys, you are all fired. Last week, the United Mine Workers of America union endorsed Biden’s energy policies. Yes, you read that right. The coal-mining union bosses have embraced a bill that outlaws coal mining. This is about as dumb as the Pipefitters Union endorsing Biden for president. He repaid them with his first act as president — killing the Keystone pipeline. So now we have the Pipefitters...

Ryan Brown Democrats in Congress ramped up efforts this week to create a nationwide work program to transition away from fossil fuels, as union leaders representing the country’s coal miners acknowledged the need for a change. Congressional leaders are moving forward with President Joe Biden’s climate and infrastructure agenda, even as Republicans balk, and some workers in affected industries express skepticism. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced a bill to create a Civilian Climate Corps, ...

United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) joined the miners at Tannehill State Park.

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Coal isn’t warming many hearts, or homes, in the United States these days. It is a fossil-fuel energy source with a diminished market and reputation, one that when combusted, produces carbon dioxide emissions. In a world dealing with climate change as well as COVID-19, there is a strong sentiment to transition away from this abundant but problematic resource. On Monday morning, however, a couple of influential leaders discussed coal’s attributes and the need for it to coexist with nat...

© Getty Images The nation’s top miners union on Monday said it will back the White House’s plan to transition fossil fuel industries to renewable energy production if the Biden administration can guarantee the preservation of jobs. “There needs to be a tremendous investment here,” United Mine Workers of America President Cecil E. Roberts told The New York Times on Monday. “We always end up dealing with climate change, closing down coal mines. We never get to the second piece of it.�...

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Tshiamiso Trust struggling to identify miners for compensation 12 April 2021 - 07:20 Nearly two years after a R5bn landmark ruling that would change the lives of former mineworkers who contracted deadly lung diseases at work, only seven claimants have been paid out – and that was just a trial run. The Tshiamiso Trust last month made payments to seven people but CEO Daniel Kotton said they were faced with a mammoth task which could take up to 10 years to finalise... This article is f...

BL PREMIUM 11 April 2021 - 17:23 Lindiwe Tsobo Workers at a Buffalo Coal mine in KwaZulu-Natal have staged a sit-in, with some underground employees refusing to return to the surface unless their demands for salary increases are met. The company announced in a press release on Friday that during the afternoon shift on April 8 about 130 employees at its Aviemore mine, located 4km from Dundee in KwaZulu-Natal, refused to vacate their work stations and started unprotected strike action.....