Monday, April 26, 2010
United Mine Workers To Aid UBB Investigation
WEST VIRGINIA....
The United Mine Workers of America announced Monday it has been asked to represent some miners by taking part in the investigation into the April 5th explosion that killed 29 miners at the nonunion Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia. United Mine Worker President Cecil Roberts says the union was officially designated a miners' representative for at least two miners who work at the Montcoal mine late Friday and given access to the property and will be a full participant in the investigation, just as it was after the 2006 Sago Mine disaster. Neither Massey nor the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is challenging the union's role, nor did Massey stop a UMW representative from entering the property Friday.
The United Mine Workers of America announced Monday it has been asked to represent some miners by taking part in the investigation into the April 5th explosion that killed 29 miners at the nonunion Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia. United Mine Worker President Cecil Roberts says the union was officially designated a miners' representative for at least two miners who work at the Montcoal mine late Friday and given access to the property and will be a full participant in the investigation, just as it was after the 2006 Sago Mine disaster. Neither Massey nor the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is challenging the union's role, nor did Massey stop a UMW representative from entering the property Friday.
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