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Te wh ar on c: alo a n e id Trioal _______________ Geor Ge Bosir Back in July, Mike Harmon wrote an opinion piece in the Charleston, West Virginia, Gazette. In it he said, Looking back historically, a major battle in the war on coal may have been the enactment of the child labor laws that were passed in this country during the Franklin D. Roos- evelt Administration. This act of Congress threw thousands of children out of work in the mines and cut deeply into coal company prot fi s. As bizarre as this sounds, Harmon’s point rings true. Sadly, these days, the most vocal spokespersons for the coal industry appear to be terming any efforts, no matter how decent, that could make the industry have to adjust, part of a “war on coal.” Harmon cites not only child labor laws, but also, “the Coal Mine Safety and Health Act, the Black Lung Com- pensation Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Surface Mine Reclamation Act and the Forty Hour Work Week.” Yes, even the weekend, for Heav- en’s sake, would have to be viewed, by current industry standards, as part of a “War on Coal.” All businesses and
Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press
Published: Nov 9, 2012
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