In its campaign to salvage health care benefits for retired Peabody Coal
miners and spouses, the United Mine Workers of America will conduct a
lobbying campaign in Washington next week. The UMWA said approximately
three dozen union members and retirees will “blanket Capitol Hill”
Monday through Wednesday, lobbying for legislation to preserve health
benefits threatened by the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp. Peabody
Energy Corp. created Patriot in 2007 by spinning off several coal mines
in the eastern U.S., including four in Henderson and Union counties,
into the new company.
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