Mining Lay-Offs

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Fri. May. 29, 2015 6:32 am

Underground Coal Mining Co. "Murray Energy", plans to lay off 1800 workers in W. Virginia & Ohio-- GOOGLE "Murray Energy" Most lay-offs will be in Monogalia County Coal in W. Va. Lots of people out of work in the Bit industry.

blrman07 · Post by **blrman07** » Fri. May. 29, 2015 7:20 am

freetown fred wrote:Underground Coal Mining Co. "Murray Energy", plans to lay off 1800 workers in W. Virginia & Ohio-- GOOGLE "Murray Energy" Most lay-offs will be in Monogalia County Coal in W. Va. Lots of people out of work in the Bit industry.

Can you say "Thank You Mr. President for the CHANGE."

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Fri. May. 29, 2015 7:22 am

Padre, I can say a bunch of things concerning our Pres, thank you is NOT one of them.

coalder · Post by **coalder** » Fri. May. 29, 2015 7:30 am

Also appears that the Sierra Club has been heavily involved in the coal industries demise; as they have been substantially financed by Michael Bloomberg.
jim

Post by **Richard S.** » Fri. May. 29, 2015 8:05 am

... as they have been substantially financed by Michael Bloomberg.

Not sure about Bloomberg but the natural gas industry is another story.

http://vault.sierraclub.org/sierra/201207/pennsyl ... debar.aspx

From 2007 to 2010, the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign accepted more than $26 million from Chesapeake Energy, one of the country's largest natural gas producers. When new executive director Michael Brune learned of the donation in 2010, he turned away an additional $30 million that Chesapeake had promised and ended the Club's relationship with the company. Sierra editors spoke with Brune to clarify the Club's position on natural gas.

Idiots, did theyreally expect them to be chummy after giving them money? Now that they have hobbled coal they are moving onto gas.

http://content.sierraclub.org/naturalgas/

Logs · Post by **Logs** » Fri. May. 29, 2015 8:09 am

200 workers laid off Blacksville#2 mine. Monongalia county WV

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Fri. May. 29, 2015 8:10 am

Very sad for those that are used to making a paycheck related to coal, which those numbers are far greater than the 1800.

Blame can be spread across many fronts, though.

samhill · Post by **samhill** » Fri. May. 29, 2015 8:48 am

I tend to think it has more to do with natural cycles than anything else, we used to get miners in the steel mills for decades some would go back when called some stayed. Normally the young ones stayed since they had less to lose than someone with years under their belts. That plus all the mountain top removal in the East & huge strip mines out West. Machines do a lot more production than men & many of the deep mines have been mined out from a safety standpoint to where the longwall mining causes too much surface damage. I hate to see people lose work, having been there I know how it feels. Without any jobs or even jobs programs being proposed we won't stop importing crap as long as there's a market. With it being a throw away society I don't expect much change until there is no longer a market because there are no jobs or money to spend.
It's always the easiest to blame Govt. or others but this kind of thing has been coming for well over 50 years. The large employment businesses are a thing of the past both from technology, & policy but look at how many blacksmiths & shoe makers lost their jobs when the horseless carriage came on the scene.