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Three Hundred Miners Fight for Back Pay | Lexington News
Three hundred former coal miners in Eastern Kentucky face another setback as a federal judge dismisses their bankrupt employer’s case, blocking their path to back wages and benefits. The company, Clintwood JOD LLC, collapsed in March, auctioning off its assets for just over a million dollars—far short of what it owes. Miners argue they were denied the legally mandated 60 days’ notice before layoffs, but the judge ruled bankruptcy court isn’t the right venue for those claims. With the coal industry in Central Appalachia shrinking due to the rise of natural gas and renewables, this ruling…
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