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Two of the nations most anti-union coal companies, which operated mines where the two worst 21st century mining disasters claimed 41 lives, are set to dive head-first with loads of cash in hand into this falls congressional elections, according to news reports.
The Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader reports that Massey Energy Co., headed up by CEO Donald Blankenship, owner of the Upper Big Branch mine where 29 miners were killed in April, and International Coal Group (ICG), owners of the Sago mine where 12 miners died on the job in 2006 and several other major coal companies, are hoping:
to pool their money and defeat Democratic congressional candidates they consider anti-coal.
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Massey, Sago Owners Set to Spend Big $$ to Defeat Pro-Mine Safety Candidates