Massey Energy Thumbs Nose At WV Governor

[GrpCaptMandrake]

I have been informed by people who work for them that Massey Energy is ignoring WV Governor Joe Manchin's call for a voluntary stand-down in underground coal production, following two more deaths yesterday at West Virginia coal mines. Shifts are reporting for work even as I type.

Massey is headed by Don Blankenship, the business partner of Wilbur Ross, Jr., who is the financier behind the International Coal Group, whose grossly negligent, willful wanton conduct resulted in the deaths of 12 miners at the Sago #1 mine in Upshur County, WV in early January.

Two non-union Massey miners died two weeks ago in a wholly preventable tragedy at Massey's Alma #1 mine in Logan County, West Virginia.



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[benburch]

1. Typcal Repiglican Greed. nt

[MountainLaurel]

2. I'm not surprised

Wasn't Massey involved in one of the big strikes back in the late 1980s? I remember that I was in high school, and a lot of my classmates' parents were involved in a sympathy strike. Can't remember who the company was, though, just that it was a long and drawn-out battle.

[Skidmore]

3. Can the Governor strip them of a permit to operate? perhaps?

[Sparkman]

4. Would a president ever shut down an industry for safety? * knows better.

thks for the update,