Monday, September 06, 2010
Thousands Attend Annual UMWA Celebration
WEST VIRGINIA....
Thousands of coal miners, industry leaders and some lawmakers gathered at the 72nd Annual United Mine Workers Association Labor Day Celebration in Racine in Boone County Monday. State Senator Ron Stollings, D-Boone County, told the crowd he and a group of coal industry leaders and workers are heading to Washington next week to attend an energy rally with the intent of showing the group the importance of coal to the economy. Governor Joe Manchin told them that one of his main concerns is mine safety, and, "What they need in Washington is a good dose of West Virginia."
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:50 AM 
