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Patriot, union exchange jabs during bankruptcy

Top executives of a bankrupt coal producer and the nation's biggest miner's union are trading public jabs over bargaining meant to stave off a strike against a company given a court's go-ahead to slash health care and pensionbenefits to thousands of workers and retirees.

By Jim Suhr | Updated on June 14, 2013

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Top executives of a bankrupt coal producer and the nation’s biggest miner’s union are trading public jabs over bargaining meant to stave off a strike against a company given a court’s go-ahead to slash health care and pensionbenefits to thousands of workers and retirees.

The public feuding resurfaced Wednesday, when the United Mine Workers of America accused Patriot Coal Corp. of walking out of negotiations meant to mitigate the bankruptcy judge’s May 29 decision allowing Patriot to impose wage and benefit cuts by abandoning its collective-bargaining agreements.

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