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Miners press Manchin to choose between them and the coal bosses
January 11, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
The pressure on him to back Build Back Better, coming from the United Mine Workers of America in West Virginia, may be the one thing that can get the recalcitrant senator to budge.
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Mine Wars: ‘Matewan Massacre’ a century ago embodied miners’ struggles
May 19, 2020 By John Raby
100 years ago, a pitched battle between miners and company security in the town of Matewan, W.V., left 10 people dead.
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