These 1,110 Coal Miner Layoffs Are on YOU Nick Rahall

July 31, 2014

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Nick Rahall, it is time for you to pay the piper. Today, Alpha Natural Resources issued WARN notices to 1,110 coal miners at 6 different mines in West Virginiaall of which were in YOUR DISTRICT. As you should know, the WARN Act was enacted in 1988 and requires certain notifications to be sent to employees, local government entities, and State dislocated worker units 60 days in advance of covered plant closings and/or covered mass layoffs.

And no Nick Rahall, the reason why these WARN notices were issued is NOT because these coal miners were on drugs – the reason that you recently offered for coal companies not hiring miners.

They are receiving these notices because of Barack Obama’s EPA regulations that have been put in place over the past 6 years and will continue to be put in place. And you supported Barack Obama’s election. TWICE.

And you have repeatedly voted for cap-and-trade budgets, massive EPA funding, a carbon tax budget, and against a bill that would give Congress the authority to step in and stop this War on West Virginia.

Meanwhile, you have spent the past 37+ years in Washington D.C. making millions in taxpayer money while you continue to hold on to your precious “clout” and “seniority” that you would rather use to get anti-coal billionaires to help you stay in Washington where you hold on to your delusions of power.

Nick Rahall, it is time for you to stop playing games, stop telling lies, and answer the question of why you have sided with Barack Obama and his agenda right up until the time that you realized it could cost you YOUR job.