The average starting salary for a coal mine worker is $60,000. "You can come right out of high school and make $70,000 a year," said Missy Perdue, 22, a stay-at-home mother whose husband, Jeff ...

In 2024, only about 14,000 miners or their surviving spouses were receiving black lung benefits. Monthly benefits for a miner who can no longer work are just $773. If married, the amount is $1,159.

In a statement, the Department of Health and Human Services told Grist it remains committed to protecting the health and safety of coal miners. The Labor Department did not respond to requests for ...

The NIOSH Coal Worker's Health Surveillance Program offered periodic black lung screenings at no cost to coal miners in the U.S. (NIOSH photo) A certification was entered in federal court this ...

The mobile screening program offers coal miners free, confidential evaluations to support early detection of black lung ...

Northwest Colorado entities are pushing for introduction of a federal bill to let coal miners who lose their jobs immediately ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Following the death of a mine worker in East Tennessee, 6 News is taking a closer look at the dangers of the job. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office ...

She learned that you had to fight for a better life. Her father, Dominick, was one of the earliest organizers of the United ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Less than five years after an explosion fueled by excess coal dust killed 29 men deep inside a West Virginia underground mine, the nation s coal mines are on pace for an all-time low ...

Members of the United Steelworkers and the AFL-CIO held a rally on Monday in Downtown Pittsburgh to oppose the Trump ...

As India forges ahead with its renewable energy goals to combat climate change, the transition away from coal presents a complex economic challenge.