Posted on 12/30/2010 12:30:06 PM PST by Wile E Coyote Genius
A gay coal miner is suing a Massey Energy Co. subsidiary, charging that management didn't protect him from abusive co-workers.
The lawsuit names Massey's Spartan Mining Co. and a foreman at a Kanawha County mine as defendants.
Miner Sam Hall claims in the lawsuit filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court that he was subjected to verbal abuse and lewd gestures, and his car was vandalized at several Massey mines between 2005 and 2010.
Massey general counsel Shane Harvey told the Charleston Gazette the charges are "despicable" and if true the company will take action.
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
I grew up in SF. As far as I knew, most gay men were miners. Just not of coal!
The fag should got a job at the beauty shop instead.
What a bunch of cry babies the gays are. Can’t they take care of themselves and if not why don’t they just keep their mouths shut about their sexual orientation while on the job? Why would a person expect the company they work for to be every where protecting them?
Lesson to gays: if you work with Real Men and Rednecks don’t proposition them and you’ll be OK. Otherwise don’t be surprised if they don’t respond like your fantasy buddies in the Village People.
PING
He should have been a lumberjack.
Ain’t you on a roll today?
I am sorry, but this is just not a job for a gay man. Coal miners are a special breed of men. They are tough and being gay is not on the agenda. I agree with Cheetahcat they should work in cutting hair and not mining coal.
After Hall went horseback riding with a co-worker, the mine’s superintendent, Scott Lansenese, allegedly said that Hall had a “Brokeback Mountain” moment, a reference to the Academy Award-winning 2005 film about the relationship between two gay cowboys.
Mark Delung, a chief electrician, used homophobic slurs and wrote them on Hall’s dinner bucket and then mine’s power center, Hall alleges. When he complained, and management told Delung to stop, the harassment escalated, including vandalism of Hall’s car, where co-workers attached a sign that read, “I like little boys,” according to the suit.
When Hall went to work at No. 2 Gas Mine, he was again submitted to abuse, according to the suit. Co-workers allegedly shook their penises at Hall underground, and when they were told to stop or be fired, the situation escalated, with slurs being written on his locker.
http://wvgazette.com/News/201012261425?page=2&build=cache
Do Gay Miners go deeper in the Hole?
Just wonderin’?
It happens when I am feeling unproductive. :)
I see you found the famous missing member of the Village People.
“After Hall went horseback riding with a co-worker, the mine’s superintendent, Scott Lansenese, allegedly said that Hall had a “Brokeback Mountain” moment, a reference to the Academy Award-winning 2005 film about the relationship between two gay cowboys.”
He had a “Brokeback Mountian” moment? How does one have a “Brokeback Mountain” Moment? Yes West Virginia has Mountians but to my knowledge we don’t have Brokebutts eeer I means Brokebacks! So in other words he and the Mine Superintendent had a homo affair? What is worse he told other miners about it? Oh bad move, bad move!
I hope he is happy now.
Homosexuals as a “protected class”
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is a proposed bill in the United States Congress that would prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity for civilian nonreligious employers with over 15 employees.
ENDA has been introduced by House representative Barney Frank. President Barack Obama supports the bill’s passage; former President George W. Bush threatened to veto the measure.
As a non-discrimination law, the ENDA is opposed by strict constitutionalists who argue against anti-discrimination laws in general as an extension of the role of government not clearly supported by the US Constitution.
A gay coal miner is suing a Massey Energy Co. subsidiary, charging that management didn’t protect him from abusive co-workers.
They think miners are rough on their feelings wait until they meet the Marines.
During all the years I used the changeroom, it never occurred to me that the guy showering next to me might actually be gay in spite of the jokes about keeping a firm hold on your soap. The company did have a flamboyant lady/boy in purchasing who survived due to his isolation and over the wall sense of humor.
Homosexuals as a “protected class”
In the coal mining industry they will be protected until the next Sago disaster. No really, a bunch of gay miners stuck down there? Or even one gay miner stuck down there? What was this man thinking? He should have kepted in the closet, coal miners are not men to mess with.
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