Layoffs In Utah

[Minotaur]

Shocking. A Red State conservative laying off people is so unpredictable - NOT. I think at this point allowing the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy needs to be expired. We already know some do not care about America or Americans. This from the same owner who is responsible for the Crandall Mine tragedy is so predictable. Like he does not have enough shame on his plate. In the end 9 or more miners and rescue worker's lives were lost.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0kwjo1iTAI

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A coal producer owned by a longtime critic of President Barack Obama's energy policies will lay off nearly 160 workers at Illinois and Utah mines, blaming the freshly re-elected president for a "war on coal."

Ohio-based Murray Energy Corp. said in a statement supplied Friday to The Associated Press that it would give pink slips to 102 workers at its West Ridge Mine in Utah and 54 at its underground mine in the southern Illinois town of Galatia. Both mines are run by Murray Energy subsidiaries.

Murray did not specify when layoffs will take place or the total number of workers at each affected site. The company refused an email interview request, saying only that "unfortunately, we will be forced to make even more layoffs, none of which we want."

The announcement's timing — just days after Obama's victory over Republican Mitt Romney — was anything but coincidental. Robert Murray, the company's chairman, CEO and founder, had backed Romney, who proposed rolling back some restrictions on power-plant emissions and positioned himself as a supporter of the coal industry.

http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20121109&id=15779130

 

[NightSwimmer]

The "War on Coal" is being waged by Natural Gas. For instance, lime kilning operations prefer pulverized coal to natural gas for cooking lime because they get better heat transference within the kiln from coal. Kiln operators have recently been using more NG anyway, because the cost has become competitive enough to offset the lower efficiency.

The government isn't attacking the coal industry -- the free market is.

 

[Minotaur]

Yes there is that and there is also the poor working conditions and deaths in his trail. Likely Republican deaths in an extrememy red state. To be honest I was shocked that he is still in business as Utah residents were ready to run him out of Utah on a rail for all those deaths. That he is still the CEO after his mucho insane performance in the Crandall crisis and all the investigations in this and other mine accidents he has had is the only amazing thing.

I lived in Utah when that happened and the link I gave to his cRaZy press conference is just one example of how out of touch he is. I assumed he'd be removed for being incompetent but I guess I was wrong. He is one crazy guy.