Will mine at Coulterville soon be unionized?

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.randolphcountyheraldtribune.com/atf.php?sid=2419

Will mine at Coulterville soon be unionized?

By David M. Quinn
Steeleville Ledger Editor

Representative from the United Mine Workers of America union approached members of the Randolph County Board of Commissioners, Monday morning, to sign a resolution asking Peabody Energy Corporation to allow workers in their mines to have the free will to choose whether or not to unionize.

Peabody currently has eight of its 30 mining operations represented by unions.

According to Kristopher Mallory, community organizer for UMWA, the efforts was to gain community, county, town, civic and spiritual support for the mine workers while making this decision.

“We’re trying to get these entities to stand behind the workers. This is without any form of intimidation. We want the company (Peabody Energy Corporation) to remain neutral and allow their employees under the National Labor Relations Act to give their workers the freedom to choose without using feat tactics and without intimidation,” Mallory said.

FULL story at link above.

[Ellen Rose]

1. county boards

UMWA has been approaching all county boards in So. Illinois with Peabody mines to get them to stand behind the workers if they vote to unionize. They did this in Saline County a month ago. A union mine is almost unheard of these days in Southern Illinois. They all closed over 20 years ago, now they can reopen and not have to honor the union rolls, most of those guys (and gals) are retired now. The plan 20 years ago was to come back without unions.

[NOLADEM]

2. They have GOT to change their city's name....

:puke:

[Viking12]

3. If they do unionize it would be poetic justice

Subtle, but a nice slap in the face to the misanthrope to which you refer.

[TheDonkey]

4. I thought the same thing, or perhaps this was Coulter's underground lair

she hibernated in.

[smb]

5. Underground Lair

Obviously, some unfortunately miner dug too deep and accidentally unleashed this long-buried horror upon the world.