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Originally Posted by Riot
 The two stories you posted verify exactly what I first posted about the allegation of worker intimidation.
Where do you get it was false or made up BS? What you posted doesn't say that. It repeats and expands upon the "workers say, management says" of what I first posted - which "is" the story. |
You're kidding, right?
What I took from below was that the mine was shut down for safety concerns. Since these workers work for a mining company, it may had been in their best interest to attend the event as they were going to talk about the future of the Coal Industry.
Anything else, which I believe, had been embelished by an ill-informed employee.
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Because the company's mine had to be shut down for "safety and security" reasons during Romney's visit, Moore confirmed workers were not paid that day. He said miners also lose pay when weather or power outages shut down the mine, and noted that federal election law doesn't let companies pay workers to attend political events.
Moore said he didn't see anything negative in attending Romney's campaign appearance with U.S. Sen. Rob Portman and Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel.
"We are talking about an event that was in the best interest of anyone that's related to the coal industry in this area or the entire country," Moore said in the radio interview.
When contacted about the interview on Monday afternoon, Murray Energy spokesman Gary Broadbent emailed this statement: "Rob Moore made it abundantly clear that no employees were forced to attend the Romney event. All participation was, and always has been, completely voluntary.".
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