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02-03-2011, 08:34 PM
Hoot Gibson Wrote: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.
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Alpha To Buy Massey - by cuppett777 - 01-29-2011, 06:34 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by Old School - 01-29-2011, 07:16 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by TheRealVille - 01-29-2011, 09:09 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by Hoot Gibson - 01-29-2011, 10:28 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by Old School - 01-29-2011, 10:37 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by TheRealVille - 01-29-2011, 11:11 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by Hoot Gibson - 01-29-2011, 11:22 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by TheRealVille - 01-29-2011, 11:27 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by TheRealVille - 01-29-2011, 11:32 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by Hoot Gibson - 01-29-2011, 11:50 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by Hoot Gibson - 01-30-2011, 12:02 AM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by Old School - 01-30-2011, 08:58 AM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by Bob Seger - 01-30-2011, 09:23 AM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by Hoot Gibson - 01-30-2011, 10:44 AM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by ImagineThat! - 01-30-2011, 02:14 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by TheRealVille - 01-31-2011, 12:26 AM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by TidesHoss32 - 01-31-2011, 09:06 AM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by Aslan - 01-31-2011, 01:37 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by OrangenowBlue - 01-31-2011, 02:48 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by Aslan - 01-31-2011, 04:42 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by Wildcatk23 - 01-31-2011, 08:32 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by cuppett777 - 01-31-2011, 10:53 PM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by TidesHoss32 - 02-01-2011, 12:03 AM
Alpha To Buy Massey - by Matman - 02-03-2011, 08:34 PM
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