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Patriot Coal
3:02 pm
Mon June 17, 2013

Miners Rally Again To Protest Patriot Coal Bankruptcy

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UMWA members and supporters protest in downtown St. Louis on June 17, 2013. This was the first rally since a Patriot Coal bankruptcy ruling allowed the company to change retirees' health benefits.
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Flanked by representatives from other unions, United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts speaks to the crowd at a rally in downtown St. Louis on June 17, 2013.
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UMWA members and supporters hold up signs and face Peabody Energy in downtown St. Louis on June 17, 2013.
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Communication Workers of America representative Ron Collins and UMWA secretary treasurer Danny Kane lead protestors in a chant in downtown St. Louis on June 17, 2013. Both men were later arrested.
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Miner Jeff Samek from Pennsylvania is arrested to honor his father, also a miner.
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More than a thousand United Mine Workers of America members were back in St. Louis on Monday, the latest in a series of protests against Peabody Energy and its handling of their  retirement and health care benefits.

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Patriot Coal
9:59 am
Tue April 16, 2013

Looking At The Effects Of Patriot Coal's Bankruptcy

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Charles Whitlow of New Athens, Ill. holds the three plastic containers that separate his daily pills. Whitlow worked as a coal miner for Peabody Energy for 33 years and fears he will lose his health care as a result of Patriot Coal’s bankruptcy.
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Protesters gather outside Peabody Energy’s headquarters in St. Louis on Feb. 13 in one of several rallies held regarding Patriot Coal’s bankruptcy this year.
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Police walk arrested mine workers to a police van Feb. 26 after they refused an order to get out of the street during a rally outside of the Peabody Energy Company headquarters in St. Louis. Ten people were arrested.
United Mine Workers march from Peabody Energy to the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse on Feb. 26.
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Our Maria Altman had a story on NPR's Morning Edition this morning about the many effects of Patriot Coal's bankruptcy. In fact, the story continues, with another rally in St. Louis today.

To give you even more on this story, we present these photos - glimpses of the people affected by the actions of this large, St. Louis-based company. 

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