[Matman]

They aren't but back in the early 80s, they were still very strong in southern West Virginia and parts of eastern Kentucky - and that is where Massey took them on. I can recall dozens of WV state troopers parked at the Kermit Druther's for breakfast each morning, on their way to Massey mines to serve as a peace keeping force.

The UMWA has lost ground since its heyday but it is still a powerful ally of the Democratic Party in many areas of the coalfields and companies that employ union labor are treated very differently by federal regulators and the media.

I did love that Druthers.