Blankenship verdict: guilty on misdemeanor, innocent on felony charges
The conspiracy charge is a misdemeanor that carries a maximum of one-year in jail and possible fines amounting to twice the financial gain resulting from the safety conspiracy.
For the W. Va. and Turkish Miners: Journal of Catherine Terry, 30 Nov. 1920
Diane Gilliam Fisher is a true poet of miners, their communities, their culture and families.
14 United Mine Workers arrested in protest
More than 4,500 members and supporters of the United Mine Workers marched and rallied in downtown St. Louis on May 21.
Miners demand prosecution of Massey execs
Mine workers are now demanding criminal prosecution of 18 Massey Coal Company executives - including retired CEO Don Blankenship - for "industrial homicide."
More indictments coming in Upper Big Branch disaster
The indictment of the security supervisor at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch will be the first of many indictments after an explosion killed 29 West Virginia miners.
Union happy with new Obama crackdown on mine owners
Mine workers welcome Obama's plan to make it easier in cracking down on coal companies that are constant safety violators. However specific rules need to be enforced in order to further erode the systemic problem, unions say.
