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Looking Back: Coal miners established oldest club

Mick Roberts wrote 6 days ago: By MICK ROBERTS. The original Helensburgh Workers Club in Walker Street ALTHOUGH Helensburgh Workmen … more →

Tags: History: Looking Back, Centennial Hotel, Helensburgh Workmen's Club, Illawarra's oldest operating registered club., Helensburgh and Lilyvale Workmen's Club, Tooth and Company, Toohey's Limited, William Hanley, George Welch

Forthcoming Attractions - Mining Memorial Unveiling, Burntwood

chasewater stuff wrote 1 week ago: … more →

Tags: News, Events, Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Burntwood, cannock, Chasetown, Chasewater Railway Museum

Crowd funding

other side of the line wrote 1 week ago: I’ve recently started a crowd funder with Sponsume to help raise the private funds needed be a … more →

Tags: crowd funding, sponsume, grant, Fund Me

Free Printable May Day, Labor History, Union Organizing Lesson Plans

blogamama wrote 2 weeks ago: Spring is poignant for labor. March 25, 1911 lost 146 workers in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fir … more →

Tags: Activities 2, afl-cio, Collective Bargaining, History, IWW, Labor Union, lesson plans, May Day, uaw

Utah Coal Miners Protest Outside Berkshire Meeting

timothybella wrote 2 weeks ago: OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dozens of Utah coal miners are picketing outside the doors of Berkshire Hathaway … more →

Tags: News, Health Care, Trending, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, United Mine Workers of America, MidAmerican Energy, bernie morris

Museum of The Coal Industry8 comments

rose wrote 3 weeks ago: We will travel hundreds of miles and use up those hard earned vacation hours to explore places, when … more →

Tags: History, coal mines, Home, Indiana, Coal, Muren, coal mines, coal shovel, Coal Buckets

Peabody Energy screwing former coal workers out of health care

John Jacobsen wrote 1 month ago: By John Upton of Grist: If there’s anything darker than coal, it’s the hearts of coal company execut … more →

Tags: Economy, Health Care, Unions, Peabody Energy, black lung, patriot coal

It takes a village because otherwise moms end up at the nuthouse

kattypants wrote 1 month ago: I forgot how challenging it is to entertain two small boys for an entire day.  It’s a tough job.  Gr … more →

Tags: rants, crazy on you, Motherhood, new mom, Parenting, Stress, tough jobs, <Toddlers, sanity saver

The Uppity Upton

barrypeers wrote 1 month ago: The Uptons (c. 1900) Edith, Sarah, Ellen, Thomas Henry and Ethel My father's mother's brot … more →

Tags: Upton, homan, Evans, lajoie, Putman, Bowler, Bates, stoke-on-trent, potteries

Guest Post: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

angelthegreatblog wrote 1 month ago: The following is a post originally found on the website http://www.rubirdz.wordpress.com The Hunger … more →

Tags: Blog, first, new, Gaming, TV-2, Celebrities, Entertainment, houston, Hollywood

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire...

rubirdz wrote 1 month ago: The anticipated movie trailer of the second installment of The Hunger Games premiered on Sunday duri … more →

Tags: Celebrities, Movies, TV-2, Arts, Blog, Bloggers, catching fire, Chris Hemsworth, Drama

William of Wales

barrypeers wrote 1 month ago: At the end of the last millennium I hired a narrowboat and did the Four County Ring in the Midlands. … more →

Tags: Peers, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, Ewloe Town, William Peers

Potteries Papadums

barrypeers wrote 1 month ago: Staffordshire Oatcakes are a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. They are a regional … more →

Tags: Stories, oatcakes, Staffordshire, stoke-on-trent, potteries, Traditional foods

Huffington Post reports on 6th Circuit victory for whistleblower Scott Howard

appallaw wrote 1 month ago: Charles Scott Howard, Whistleblowing Miner, Wins Another Round Against Arch Coal  David Jamieson  Wa … more →

Tags: Updates, 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, mine safety

Time For Coal Sector To Rebound as Natural Gas Prices Breakout?

Jeb wrote 1 month ago: In theater a farce is a comedy that uses disguises, costumes and ruses to make believe unlikely scen … more →

Tags: Market Analysis, Uranium, Nuclear Power, Natural Gas, undervalued resource sectors, Power Plants, electricity

Ian Teh

claesgellerbrink wrote 1 month ago: Twenty-two- year-old steel worker. Tonghua, China. A thick layer of grey ash covers the road leading … more →

Tags: Photography (2), blogs, Photography, Photographer, photos, workers, feature shoot, Images, China

The Long Road to the Last Goodbye (part 2)4 comments

Elizabeth Gaucher wrote 2 months ago: West Virginia has a long history of conflict. The conflicts are documented in our history books and … more →

Tags: Wild wonderful, essays writing, Charles Edward Sims, coal industry, coal mining, Family History, Fayette County WV, Grandparents, West Virginia

Climate Shame: Four Years Later, Capitol Power Plant Still Burns Dirty Coal?

Reckoning in Appalachia wrote 2 months ago: Climate Shame: Four Years Later, Capitol Power Plant Still Burns Dirty Coal? … more →

Tags: Protests, Direct Action, Campaigns, Coal Ash, Coal Slurry, New Power/Clean Energy

Thousands of Bulgarian Miners Rally in Sofia

Johann Brandstätter wrote 2 months ago: Sofia, 5 March 2013: Thousands of disgruntled miners from all over Bulgaria held a protest march aga … more →

Tags: Photojournalism, Photography, Bulgaria, Energy, anti-government demonstration, photojournalist


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