Judge orders restoration of jobs in health program for West Virginia coal miners
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A judge on Tuesday ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs the federal government implemented in a…
‘I want to live’: Coal miners speak out as Trump strips away health protections
For John Robinson, a retired coal miner who spent his career in the Virginia mines helping to power America into the 21st century, not a moment passes that he isn’t…
Coal miners’ health care hit hard in job cuts to CDC : Shots
A NIOSH Black Lung surveillance van at the fire station in Wharton, W.Va. Howard Berkes / NPR hide caption toggle caption Howard Berkes / NPR Sam Petsonk grew up around…