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The Trump administration's sweeping deregulation, funding cuts, and layoffs are undermining workplace respiratory health ...
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.
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Coal miners are fighting Trump’s safety cuts — and winningWhen the Trump administration took the first steps toward shutting down two major programs aimed at protecting the nation’s miners, the grassroots response was immediate, and vehement. And, it ...
Members of the United Steelworkers and the AFL-CIO held a rally on Monday in Downtown Pittsburgh to oppose the Trump ...
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The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations adopted under ...
The CDC unit that dramatically reduced Black Lung Disease among coal miners has been fired in Trump's sweeping overhaul of health agencies. Mining communities must now grapple with its disappearance.
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 ...
Some NIOSH workers return temporarily amid cuts impacting coal miner health screenings in WV By Caity Coyne West Virginia Watch Apr 30, 2025 Updated Apr 30, 2025 ...
Trusted by miners But news of the program's recent fate has not yet reached the coal miners affected, says Dr. Drew Harris, a pulmonologist and director of the Black Lung Program at Stone Mountain ...
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