This CEO - what a jerk

[Riot]

Murray Energy Miners Allege They Had To Give Up Pay To Attend 'Mandatory' Romney Rally

Earlier this month, Mitt Romney was welcomed for a campaign event at the Century Mine in Beallsville, Ohio, by hundreds of coal workers and their families. Now many of the mine's workers are saying they were forced to give up a day-worth of pay to attend the event, and they feared they might be fired if they didn’t, according to local news radio WWVA.

The claims have been mostly denied by Rob Moore, Chief Financial Officer of Murray Energy Company, which owns the mine. He acknowledges that workers weren’t paid that day but says no one was made to attend the event. Well, kind of.

"Our managers communicated to our workforce that the attendance at the Romney event was mandatory, but no one was forced to attend," he told local news radio WWVA, which has received several emails from workers claiming that the company records names of workers that don't attend those types of events.

The company's interest in having its employees show support for Romney may be a result of its CEO's close ties with the presumptive Republican nominee. In May, Romney teamed up with Murray's CEO Bob Murray for a fundraising event in West Virginia. And Murray's made no secret of his support for the Republican party, previously backing Rick Perry.

In addition, his company has donated more than $900,000 to Republican candidates in the last two years, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

[Crown@club]

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index....when_mitt.html

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index....urray_def.html

Sounds like the media, who heard the radio personality, who over-heard someone produce a rumor that they will be fired for not attending the event, so they ran with it.

Typical BS to produce a story.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Crown@club

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index....when_mitt.html

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index....urray_def.html

Sounds like the media, who heard the radio personality, who over-heard someone produce a rumor that they will be fired for not attending the event, so they ran with it.

Typical BS to produce a story.

The two stories you posted verify exactly what I first posted about the allegation of worker intimidation.

Where do you get it was false or made up BS? What you posted doesn't say that. It repeats and expands upon the "workers say, management says" of what I first posted - which "is" the story.

[Crown@club]

Originally Posted by Riot

The two stories you posted verify exactly what I first posted about the allegation of worker intimidation.

Where do you get it was false or made up BS? What you posted doesn't say that. It repeats and expands upon the "workers say, management says" of what I first posted - which "is" the story.

You're kidding, right?

What I took from below was that the mine was shut down for safety concerns. Since these workers work for a mining company, it may had been in their best interest to attend the event as they were going to talk about the future of the Coal Industry.

Anything else, which I believe, had been embelished by an ill-informed employee.

Because the company's mine had to be shut down for "safety and security" reasons during Romney's visit, Moore confirmed workers were not paid that day. He said miners also lose pay when weather or power outages shut down the mine, and noted that federal election law doesn't let companies pay workers to attend political events.

Moore said he didn't see anything negative in attending Romney's campaign appearance with U.S. Sen. Rob Portman and Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel.

"We are talking about an event that was in the best interest of anyone that's related to the coal industry in this area or the entire country," Moore said in the radio interview.

When contacted about the interview on Monday afternoon, Murray Energy spokesman Gary Broadbent emailed this statement: "Rob Moore made it abundantly clear that no employees were forced to attend the Romney event. All participation was, and always has been, completely voluntary.".

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by Crown@club

You're kidding, right?

What I took from below was that the mine was shut down for safety concerns. Since these workers work for a mining company, it may had been in their best interest to attend the event as they were going to talk about the future of the Coal Industry.

Anything else which I believe had been embelished, which seems to happen a lot when you are just an employee.

You just can't let the truth get in the way of a good chance to demonize

[Riot]

Originally Posted by geeker2

You just can't let the truth get in the way of a good chance to demonize

Get off trying to start a bitch where none exists. We are simply discussing the story, nobody is angry, if you can't do so without starting personal accusatory crap, go away. Ditto to Dell and Rude.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Where were the United Mine Workers?

[dellinger63]

Truth doesn't matter anymore because if it did Obama would be unelectable.

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

Where were the United Mine Workers?

Probably thanking Obama for dismantling the coal industry in the US.

Made it home safe?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Crown@club

You're kidding, right?

What I took from below was that the mine was shut down for safety concerns.

No, I"m not kidding.

As you posted:

Because the company's mine had to be shut down for "safety and security" reasons during Romney's visit, Moore confirmed workers were not paid that day.

"Our managers communicated to our workforce that the attendance at the Romney event was mandatory, but no one was forced to attend,"

I read it as the mine was shut down for "safety reasons" that day only. Because "Romney was visiting" . There were not enough miners there to work it safely - they were at the rally, or were supposed to be. The remaining miners were not allowed to be at the mine that day.

Geesh - the owner of the mine shut down the mine during Romney's visit, and told the miners to attend the rally and stand behind Romney.

None of them were paid for the day, using the excuse of "mine closed for safety reasons", whether they attended the rally or not. But they were ordered to "work" via attending the rally. And not paid.

They should have been paid for the day IMO. Yeah - that's not very fair, it makes the CEO a jerk in my eyes, and it has nothing to do with the particular politics.

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by Crown@club

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index....when_mitt.html

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index....urray_def.html

Sounds like the media, who heard the radio personality, who over-heard someone produce a rumor that they will be fired for not attending the event, so they ran with it.

Typical BS to produce a story.

Just amazing the spin that goes on to try and demonize.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by geeker2

Just amazing the spin that goes on to try and demonize.

Well, it's a "workers say" vs "management says" situation, it appears.

Why would the workers lie? Workers are told all the time to straighten up and pose for political candidates on both sides.

No man should lose a day of pay for it. Management should have paid the men that down day, IMO. It was an extra scheduled down day, not a holiday. Men plan on working their regular schedule, and need that predictable money. Losing one pay day out of 10 or 12 is significant for most workers.