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Book review: Lawyer Roger Braden’s homage to the coal miner; is it lights out for King Coal?
King Coal, it was called, and never has there been a more powerful force in the economic, social, and political life of Kentucky. Mining coal has always been a job fraught with peril. The shadow of danger stalks the coal-miner, coal families, coal communities. The miner’s life is the subject of the memoir of Roger N. Braden, Always at the Edge of Death: the Life of a Coal Miner. Braden, now semi-retired and living in Taylor Mill, was born in Providence in Webster County, Kentucky. He represented families of two miners among ten killed in the 1989 explosion at Pyro Mining’s William Station Mine near Wheatcroft, Kentucky.
Union ends mediation with AT&T
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The union withdrew from the mediation process on Monday, claiming AT&T was using the process to stall negotiations. More than 17,000 workers with the union, the Communication Workers of America (CWA), across nine states are protesting what they call unfair labor practices. One of those states...
Kentucky among the least expensive states to start a business
(The Center Square) – Kentucky is one of the least expensive places in the United States to start a business, a recent study found. It’s a designation that has both advantages and drawbacks. Zibtek, a software development consultancy business, scored the states on factors such as taxes, utility costs, filing fees, the local economy, online […]
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