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Charleston, W.Va. - United Mine Workers of America and Patriot Coal announced a settlement Monday on retiree's health-care benefits, after a federal bankruptcy judge earlier this year allowed the company to throw out union-negotiated contracts and significantly reduce those benefits.
In a news release, the UMW said the settlement includes significant improvements in the terms and conditions of employment form those approved by federal U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kathy Surratt-States in Missouri on May 29 and implemented by Patriot on July 1.
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201308120042
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- United Mine Workers of America and Patriot Coal announced a settlement Monday on retirees' health-care benefits, after a federal bankruptcy judge earlier this year allowed the company to throw out union-negotiated contracts and significantly reduce those benefits.
In a news release, the UMW said the settlement includes significant improvements in the terms and conditions of employment from those approved by federal U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kathy Surratt-States in Missouri on May 29 and implemented by Patriot on July 1.
- See more at: http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201308120042#sthash.TpZRXBWq.dpufCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- United Mine Workers of America and Patriot Coal announced a settlement Monday on retirees' health-care benefits, after a federal bankruptcy judge earlier this year allowed the company to throw out union-negotiated contracts and significantly reduce those benefits.
In a news release, the UMW said the settlement includes significant improvements in the terms and conditions of employment from those approved by federal U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kathy Surratt-States in Missouri on May 29 and implemented by Patriot on July 1.
- See more at: http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201308120042#sthash.TpZRXBWq.dpufCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- United Mine Workers of America and Patriot Coal announced a settlement Monday on retirees' health-care benefits, after a federal bankruptcy judge earlier this year allowed the company to throw out union-negotiated contracts and significantly reduce those benefits.
In a news release, the UMW said the settlement includes significant improvements in the terms and conditions of employment from those approved by federal U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kathy Surratt-States in Missouri on May 29 and implemented by Patriot on July 1.
- See more at: http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201308120042#sthash.TpZRXBWq.dpufCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- United Mine Workers of America and Patriot Coal announced a settlement Monday on retirees' health-care benefits, after a federal bankruptcy judge earlier this year allowed the company to throw out union-negotiated contracts and significantly reduce those benefits.
In a news release, the UMW said the settlement includes significant improvements in the terms and conditions of employment from those approved by federal U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kathy Surratt-States in Missouri on May 29 and implemented by Patriot on July 1.
- See more at: http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201308120042#sthash.TpZRXBWq.dpuf"When working men and women stand united across our valleys and hollows, there is no legislative hurdle we cannot overcome and no picket line we cannot hold."
Josh Sword
President, West Virginia AFL-CIO
