W.Va Miners Head to Dc to Rally for Coal Jobs: ; Miners, Families Stop at State Capitol Tuesday

Charleston Daily Mail › September 15, 2010

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Hundreds of West Virginia miners, their families and other boosters headed to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to urge congressional support of the coal industry.

About 200 of them stopped at the state Capitol on their way to Wednesday's rally. Gov. Joe Manchin, House Speaker Rick Thompson and Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin were among several state officials seeing them off.

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W.Va Miners Head to Dc to Rally for Coal Jobs: ; Miners, Families Stop at State Capitol Tuesday

The Stand Up for Coal Jobs rally aims to attract thousands of miners and supporters from coal-producing states. An advocacy group, Citizens for Coal, the Federat...

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