WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) — Nearly 3,000 union mine workers rallied today in southwestern Pennsylvania, the first major gathering of union members outside the states where lawmakers are already battling over collective bargaining rights.
Despite the passage of laws aimed at restricting collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin and Ohio, those at Friday's event said it was not too late to prevent similar laws in other states.
"The pendulum is swinging the other way," said Regis Bozek, 57, of Masontown, Pa., who has worked at Alpha Natural Resources' Cumberland coal mine for 33 years. "What people don't realize is when we're gone, the good wages are gone. My kids will never live as good as our generation did."
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