As coal companies look for ways to cut costs, many are reneging on their promises for health care for retired miners. Unless Congress intervenes, these miners could face ill health and poverty.
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Multiple studies have found the overall impact on labor markets to be minor, even if some workers will need new career paths.
Remembering the powder monkeys, sparkies and dinters and their remarkable linguistic legacy.
In the abstract, this near-mythic figure represents bravery, hard work and manliness.
A recent study found the largest cluster of advanced black lung disease ever recorded among coal miners in central Appalachia. Two doctors who treat black lung patients explain how miners contract it.
Throughout the centuries, a number of coal miners have documented their lives with paintings. Some of their works are now in museums and bring the stories of the "pitmen" back to life.
At society's margins, people without access to the mainstream job economy are able to carve out lives rich in other resources and community.
Coal miners are often romanticized in our society and held up as examples of hard-working Americans who deserve our respect. In reality, many retired miners could get the shaft this Friday.
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Georgia State University
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Chercheur au Centre d’histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines – Université Paris-Saclay
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Anthropology Professor, University of Rhode Island
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Associate Professor of Anthropology and Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
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Associate Professor, Linguistics, School of Arts and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate professor of Occupational Medicine, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of History, Chatham University
