Protect Miners from Big Coal's Deadly Greed
- by: SierraRise
- recipient: Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Sen. Robert P. Casey
Gary was a hardworking miner in the dangerous coal mines of Appalachia when his lungs became choked and hardened by deadly black lung disease. He and his family were counting on the compensation the coal industry is supposed to pay - but Big Coal had other ideas.
An explosive new report documents how Gary and thousands of other ailing men and women were denied that money by an elite team of lawyers and doctors who lied and hid evidence to protect coal profits.
It is clear - Big Coal is poisoning miners the same way it poisons our land, air, and water.
Outraged, Senators Bob Casey and Jay Rockefeller have pledged to introduce legislation to protect these workers from Big Coal’s greed. But you can bet the coal companies and their lawyers are going to fight every step of the way.
Senators Casey and Rockefeller are fighting an uphill battle. Send them a message to let them know that the public supports justice for the miners and that it's time for these companies to pay the true cost of dirty coal.
Dear Senator Jay Rockefeller and Senator Bob Casey,
Thank you for standing with America's miners and creating legislation that will reform the black lung benefits program and ensure Big Coal can no longer game the system to deny miners fair compensation.
We urge you to create legislation that strengthens this failing system and that specifically blocks coal corporations and their representatives from withholding key evidence, presenting incomplete and potentially misleading evidence, and conceding cases to avoid disclosing evidence that favors a miner's case.
[Your comments will go here]
The men and women who have toiled underground deserve better. It's time for these companies to honor their commitment to these workers, rather than standing in the way of miners receiving their hard-earned health protections.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
