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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:54 AM

proud2BlibKansan (96,386 posts)

After Obama reelection coal company CEO reads prayer to staff, announces layoffs

For the chairman and chief executive of Murray Energy, an Ohio-based coal company, the reelection of President Obama was no cause for celebration. It was a time for prayer – and layoffs.

Robert E. Murray read a prayer to a group of company staff members on the day after the election, lamenting the direction of the country and asking: “Lord, please forgive me and anyone with me in Murray Energy Corp. for the decisions that we are now forced to make to preserve the very existence of any of the enterprises that you have helped us build.”

On Wednesday, Murray also laid off 54 people at American Coal, one of his subsidiary companies, and 102 at Utah American Energy, blaming a “war on coal” by the administration of President Barack Obama.”

Murray Energy is the country’s largest privately owned coal mining company, with about 3,000 employees producing about 30 million tons of bituminous coal a year, according to its Web site.

more . . . http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/after-obama-re-election-ceo-reads-prayer-to-staff-announces-layoffs/2012/11/09/e9bca204-2a63-11e2-bab2-eda299503684_story.html

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After Obama reelection coal company CEO reads prayer to staff, announces layoffs (Original post)	proud2BlibKansan	Nov 2012	OP
It's time to nationalize oil and coal	demwing	Nov 2012	#1
BINGO!	B Calm	Nov 2012	#12
So he's weak?	JustAnotherGen	Nov 2012	#2
Robert E. Murray is responsible for the deaths of miners. He can go to hell!	Lint Head	Nov 2012	#3
Somehow this strikes me as "done for show." I think they were probably employess that they	patricia92243	Nov 2012	#4
I wish all the miners who work for this asshole would	Laurian	Nov 2012	#5
I hope those laid off workers find jobs in the natural gas industry	JackN415	Nov 2012	#6
That's the real reason these layoffs are happening.	Old and In the Way	Nov 2012	#8
Yes, and eventhough still with high carbon footprint	JackN415	Nov 2012	#9
I hope Robert Murray dies of black lung.	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#7
We need to compile a list of such places	Generic Other	Nov 2012	#10
How do we boycott a coal mine?	proud2BlibKansan	Nov 2012	#15
Well I shant buy my coal there	Generic Other	Nov 2012	#16
I don't think that these miners, and their familes are going to be blaming	warrior1	Nov 2012	#11
This is A FUD campaign (fear uncertainty doubt) meant to scare all the rest of them	cpamomfromtexas	Nov 2012	#13
"Privately owned" so cannot be affected by shareholders with	coalition_unwilling	Nov 2012	#14

Response to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:58 AM

demwing (10,987 posts)

1. It's time to nationalize oil and coal

operating these industries as for-profit, privately held companies is a risk to our national security and economics.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:01 AM

B Calm (17,282 posts)

12. BINGO!

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:00 AM

JustAnotherGen (5,601 posts)

2. So he's weak?

So it's possible for someone to come in and sucker punch him and grab his business?

I'm not making light of this . .. my husband is a small business owner who has experience tremendous growth these past few years.

When all of these 'CEO Job Creators' started their nonsense - that was his very first reaction . . .

Great bambala! That means that some billionaires are going to be crippled and they'll create 100 millionaires that cannibalize them. <---- This is how he started his restoration line of work for UNESCO. It's also how his HVAC company came to be.

I read this as his business was weak in the first place - and now he's ripe for being picked off by an entrepreneur with pluck.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:01 AM

Lint Head (10,443 posts)

3. Robert E. Murray is responsible for the deaths of miners. He can go to hell!

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:03 AM

patricia92243 (7,551 posts)

4. Somehow this strikes me as "done for show." I think they were probably employess that they

planned to retire early or something of this nature. At least they will have Obamacare. I hope someone else will read this article and hire them - AND IT WILL BE BROADCAST ALL OVER THE MEDIA.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:20 AM

Laurian (1,127 posts)

5. I wish all the miners who work for this asshole would

go on strike and shut down his production (and profits). I know it would be a hardship, but I would love to see them stand up to this bully.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:27 AM

JackN415 (749 posts)

6. I hope those laid off workers find jobs in the natural gas industry

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:47 AM

Old and In the Way (36,257 posts)

8. That's the real reason these layoffs are happening.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021772731

It's the cost of NG per BTU that's killing Big Coal.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:58 AM

JackN415 (749 posts)

9. Yes, and eventhough still with high carbon footprint

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natural gas is cleaner and can serve as a transition source while moving toward renewable energy.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:44 AM

backscatter712 (19,873 posts)

7. I hope Robert Murray dies of black lung.

That would be poetic justice.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:59 AM

Generic Other (20,309 posts)

10. We need to compile a list of such places

And boycott.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:14 PM

proud2BlibKansan (96,386 posts)

15. How do we boycott a coal mine?

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:22 PM

Generic Other (20,309 posts)

16. Well I shant buy my coal there

you're right. That seems pointless.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:00 AM

warrior1 (9,273 posts)

11. I don't think that these miners, and their familes are going to be blaming

the President for this guy firing them. Robert Murray, meet karma.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:22 AM

cpamomfromtexas (618 posts)

13. This is A FUD campaign (fear uncertainty doubt) meant to scare all the rest of them

That's how companies have always scared the unions. And it's how they very effectively keep wages down.

Make no mistake, Bain's lessons on tearing down unions is spreading across the country.

Right now this is playing out at American Airlines, they want to scare the pilots into making half as much as pilots at other carriers. And Bain is not surprisingly one of the Bankruptcy "reorganizers".

Not working, and the pilots are about to throw out most union representation as well.

Is going to be interesting to watch.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:30 AM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

14. "Privately owned" so cannot be affected by shareholders with

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publicly-traded shares of stock. Otherwise, I'd be making a token purchase in order to demand his Board of Directors fire Murray's ass.

I'd love to see a wildcat strike shut him down. Or occupy and seize his assets. Or both.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Murray#Murray_Energy

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