Note Written By: Emily Allender

The coal mining industry has seen rapid and profound decline across the nation, but particularly in the Appalachian region. Subsequently, employees are met with increasing challenges to their pensions and healthcare benefits promised by employers and legislators alike. In this Note Emily Allender discusses potential solutions to the unstable and uncertain pension and health benefits guaranteed under 1974 Pension Plan and how the coal mining industry can be better protected in the future.

VOLUME 13 - 2020-2021 ISSUE 1

13 Ky. J. Equine, Agric. & Nat. Res. L. 1 (2021).

The Rise and Fall of Unions in the Coal Industry: How the new era of labor union resurgence can protect the miners that remain

Note Written By: Emily Allender

The coal mining industry has seen rapid and profound decline across the nation, but particularly in the Appalachian region. Subsequently, employees are met with increasing challenges to their pensions and healthcare benefits promised by employers and legislators alike. In this Note Emily Allender discusses potential solutions to the unstable and uncertain pension and health benefits guaranteed under 1974 Pension Plan and how the coal mining industry can be better protected in the future.

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