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Coal company fires 150 workers in response to Obama re-election
NBC News ^ | 11/9/12 | Allison Linn

Posted on 11/09/2012 12:38:53 PM PST by Kaosinla

In the agenda, he predicted the total destruction of the coal industry by as early as 2030. He said conditions for his business would deteriorate because of more regulation and taxes, weaker economic activity and reduced energy pricing.

In the prayer, Murray wrote, in part:

“The American people have made their choice. They have decided that America must change its course, away from the principals of our Founders. And, away from the idea of individual freedom and individual responsibility. Away from capitalism, economic responsibility, and personal acceptance.”

He concluded by asking God for forgiveness for the layoff decisions.

“Lord, please forgive me and anyone with me in Murray Energy Corporation for the decisions that we are now forced to make to preserve the very existence of any of the enterprises that you have helped us build. We ask for your guidance in this drastic time with the drastic decisions that will be made to have any hope of our survival as an American business enterprise.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coal; election; energy; layoffs
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1 posted on 11/09/2012 12:39:00 PM PST by Kaosinla
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To: Kaosinla

If I had a small business, I’d fire anyone and everyone that even uttered the word “Obama”.


2 posted on 11/09/2012 12:40:24 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

bump

any coal miner who voted Obama are morons anyway


3 posted on 11/09/2012 12:42:34 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Kaosinla
Layoff numbers

Organization # Laid off Running total Sector Notes
Abbot Labs 700 700 Med Eq/Dev Mfg
AMD 400 1100 Electronics
American Coal 54 1154 Energy
Ameridose 790 1944 Health
Associated Milk Producers Inc 130 2074 Agriculture
ATI 172 2246 Education
Boston Scientific 1200 3446 Med Eq/Dev Mfg
Brake Parts LLC 75 3521 Automotive
Bristol-Myers Squibb 479 4000 Health
Career Education Corp 900 4900 Education
Caterpillar 100 5000 Construction Eq
Center for Hospice and Palliative Care 40 5040 Health
Cigna 1300 6340 Health
Covidien 595 6935 Health
CVPH 17 6952 Health
Dana Holding Corp 7 6959 Automotive
Energizer 1500 8459 Energy
Exide 150 8609 Energy
Groupon 600 9209 Consumer
Hawker Beechcraft 9209 Aerospace
Hill-Rom 200 9409 Med Eq/Dev Mfg
Husqvarna 600 10009 Tools Cuts in Sweden
Kinetic Concepts 427 10436 Health
Lightyear Network Solutions 10436
Medtronic 500 10936 Med Eq/Dev Mfg
Momentive Performance Materials 150 11086 Chemicals
Murray Energy Corporation 48 11134 Energy
New Energy 40 11174 Energy
OCE 135 11309 Office equip
Providence Journal 23 11332 Media
Research in Motion 200 11532 Consumer Electronics
Smith & Nephew 770 12302 Med Eq/Dev Mfg
Space X 100 12402 Defense
St Jude Medical 300 12702 Health
Stryker 96 12798 Med Eq/Dev Mfg
TE Connectivity 620 13418 Electronics
Teco Coal Corporation 90 13508 Energy
TurboCare 88 13596 Energy
U.S. Cellular 980 14576 Electronics
Umatilla Chemical Depot 34 14610 Defense
Vestas 3000 17610 Energy
Welch Allyn 275 17885 Med Eq Mfg
West Ridge Mine 102 17987 Energy
Westinghouse 17 18004 Hi Tech Services
Westinghouse Anniston 50 18054 Defense
Wright-Patterson 115 18169 Defense

Layoffs without exact number specified

Organization % Laid off Sector Notes
Boeing Defense, Space & Security 30 Defense Executive Staff
United Blood Services 10 Health All staff
Wilkes-Barre Government Firefighters

Worker Reduction In Scheduled Time (to below ObamaCare threshold)

Organization % WRIST # Affected Sector Notes
Darden Restaurants Food service
JANCOA Janitorial Services Janitorial Service
Kroger Grocery

5 posted on 11/09/2012 12:42:52 PM PST by null and void (The One can steal an election, but no one can steal our country.)
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To: null and void

this is as of the election??


6 posted on 11/09/2012 12:46:25 PM PST by MNDude
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To: Kaosinla

Virginia Power will be laying off soon as well.


7 posted on 11/09/2012 12:47:55 PM PST by formosa (consider me galt)
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To: Kaosinla

Headline reads 150 workers fired.
Were they fired or laid off? I think there is a difference.
But then again I would not expect the lib press to know that.


8 posted on 11/09/2012 12:49:04 PM PST by certrtwngnut (He shrugs!)
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To: Kaosinla

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/11/09/city-to-hold-job-fair-today-at-kennedy-king-college/

Job fair.......... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
take a look at who’s on line for jobs
Obama say no job for you


9 posted on 11/09/2012 12:51:06 PM PST by ronnie raygun (bb)
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To: MNDude
This is since the election in all but a few cases, most notably Darden(Red Lobster-Olive Garden) which announced earlier.

Doesn't include Lockheed-Martin as I don't yet have firm numbers.

Maybe I should add a date column?

10 posted on 11/09/2012 12:52:39 PM PST by null and void (The One can steal an election, but no one can steal our country.)
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To: Kaosinla

Hawker-Beechcraft, Bartikowsky Jewlers, now this.

The small businesses are dropping like flies. And the election was only a few days ago.

But everything is really okay, according to the gleeful info babes on tv. Yep - they get to tear their children’s body apart from limb to limb and throw it away legally...what more could a modern womyn want? That’s FREEDOM girls!


11 posted on 11/09/2012 12:53:02 PM PST by MichaelCorleone ('We the People' can and will take this country back...starting today.)
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To: Kaosinla

Kroger and Darden have announced they will cut workers hours to 28 to keep from paying the ObamaCare tax. I’m retired ATT and my insurance will go up $300 a month in January. Time to go back to work, .......but where?


12 posted on 11/09/2012 12:54:51 PM PST by chuckles
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To: certrtwngnut

WTOV said:

102 people are being laid off at Murray’s Utah Energy Incorporated, in Utah.

54 are from Murray’s American Coal Company, which has holdings in Illinois and Ohio.

Seven are from the Kanawha Transportation Center in Wheeling.


13 posted on 11/09/2012 12:55:02 PM PST by Kaosinla (The More the Plans Fail. The More the Planners Plan.)
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To: null and void

FedEx has announced voluntary early retirement offers for somewhere between 20 - 30,000 employees. It was announced about a month back, but the offers will hit between now and June 1.

http://zolmax.com/fedex-to-buyout-employees-in-2012-13/2913992/


14 posted on 11/09/2012 12:56:04 PM PST by Ingtar (Everyone complains about the weather, but only Liberals try to legislate it.)
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To: MNDude

Mostly since midnight last night.

Friday news dump? By Monday the story will be “old news” unworthy of coverage...


15 posted on 11/09/2012 12:58:39 PM PST by null and void (The One can steal an election, but no one can steal our country.)
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To: null and void; MNDude

Someone else posted this yesterday: http://www.dailyjobcuts.com/


16 posted on 11/09/2012 1:00:07 PM PST by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: Kaosinla
Brings to mind "sixteen tons" by Ernie Ford.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joo90ZWrUkU

17 posted on 11/09/2012 1:03:32 PM PST by OldNavyVet
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To: Gaffer

I have a small business. Because of this election’s result,
I will close my doors June first. I DID build it and Hussein did kill it.


18 posted on 11/09/2012 1:10:42 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (Eric Holder to Amerika : "All ur votes belong to us." 1459 days until Nov.8,2016)
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To: null and void

Crouse Hinds hospital Syracuse NY announces 70 layoffs after 25 earlier this year.

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/syracuses_crouse_hospital_cuts.html


19 posted on 11/09/2012 1:11:20 PM PST by ez (When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.)
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To: GeronL

A lot of them did not. My wife’s nephew is a miner in Sandy UT where they laid off 102. He wasn’t laid off but is worried as hell. He and the other miners there voted for Romney and told the mine workers union to stuff it.

As for the OH miners, could’nt tell you.

What I do believe is that when the coal miners really start getting laid off and the power grid goes to crap that the miners will be united in going after (physically and figuratively) the mine union bosses.


20 posted on 11/09/2012 1:12:57 PM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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