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President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard
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I thought that’s what they voted for?
Correct
That face eating leopard be looking like Mr Creosote right about now.
Of course they are cast aside. They cost money with no benefit for Trump. Money he would like to spend on his billionaire cronies instead.
Proper medical care for 100 normal people or one more yacht for a rich guy? Guess what he’ll choose.
1000% this. These workers are the dumbest motherfuckers who vote against their own interest and go full pikachuface.jpg when he doesnt support them. What do you expect of a tyrant? Love and support? These troglodytes are fucking cattle to be slaughtered in their eyes of the capitalist elite.
Room temp IQs with the stupidest takes again. Need that “fell for it again” meme.
Can someone explain to me why in 2025 people are still ending up with black lung? Don’t they wear respirators on the job to prevent inhalation of silica dust?
The head of Health and Safety at my previous job used to work at a mine, and he said that gains in PPE were basically a victim of their own success, in his opinion. Wearing your respirator and other PPE will go a long way towards mitigating these risks, but they’re not the most pleasant things to wear for hours on end. He told me that lots of younger guys would come in, start working and see all the old guys at it with their respirators on, but they’d opt not to wear them whenever they thought they could get away with it, since they didn’t personally know people who developed black lung in the field. That’s just what he had told me, so I couldn’t say how accurate it really is, but given the attitudes I’ve seen from guys in other fields towards wearing all their PPE, it wouldn’t really surprise me if it were largely true.
Over the past few years, mine owners cut on safety while Republicans blocked regulatory enforcement funding.
From what I’ve read, that has meant more time on the job, increasing potential exposure. But I still haven’t seen anything related to respirators. Do they not wear them? Are they not provided? Do they not work? Are workers not being washed down to prevent dust inhalation before leaving their shift?
They are probably a pain in the ass to wear and the company has no incentive to encourage/mandate use… because just protection people from getting terminal illness for profit isn’t a good enough reason…
Have you ever tried getting certain folks to wear a mask?
If you’re not going to wear a mask, then don’t come crying when you get sick. 🤷♂️
But seriously — is this why they are still getting black lung???
Dude it’s so fucking hard sometimes to stick to systemic analysis, these people make it so fucking hard. Like yes, there has been a steady growth in the number of black lung victims in recent years due to safety rollbacks by Republicans, lax training and ppe by business owners (supported by republicans), and in general a growing disregard for health and safety due to a variety of socioeconomic, educational factors, all brought about by Republicans.
But Jesus Christ, it’s 2025. We knew what caused black lung centuries ago. Like fuck antivaxxers, but at least there is active bullshit linking vaccines to autism. There is a lie to believe, even if its a lie. But these fuckheads thought, what, masks caused asthma? Coal has magic medicinal properties? Its so fucking stupid. No one sold you on black lung, you just fucking did that. How fucking stupid.
It should be the companies responsibility to keep the employees safe…I would suggest forced liability because companies can’t be bothered to care
Honestly don’t know, I was making a very timely covid related joke.
You mean a face diaper? Haw haw! *cough, hack*
What, the anti-worker leader of the anti-worker party is anti-worker? Who would have guessed?
These coal miners didn’t read the fine print: the administration is a cheerleader for coal mining BUSINESSES, not for coal miners. Coal miners, especially sick ones, are just a sunk cost to them.
As the son of a 30-year coal miner, not reading the fine print is a prerequisite to mining. If they were worried about the finer details the majority of them wouldn’t be there to begin with.
I won’t stand for this coal miner slander, they used to be militant unionists agitating for workers’ rights. They were thoroughly crushed and defeated, but not before making major material gains. Efforts have since been made by those in power to make the Appalachian people forget their history, and all that remains of that movement are traumatized and chronically ill elderly folk.
Print fine like the silica dust
Ay, I am so sorry, but you are so right.
That’s fucked up that guys are still digging coal and getting black lung, there’s no way that shit is cheaper than solar or wind
I had a great-grandfather that died of black lung. I thought that was wild to hear about when I was a kid, and I’m Gen X. The fact that it’s still happening is crazy.
They actually consider working the mines to be their cultural heritage. The number these mining companies have done on these families’ heads is astounding.
Meanwhile, I know the goal of companies is to fully automate all of mining.
That’s not all that weird all things considered, just look at anyone named Smith, Miller, or Stewart all of them are names based on their ancestors jobs. That only really happens when your job is your heritage and I’d say that takes about 3-4 generations minimum. Mind you doesn’t make it any less fucked up that they prostate themselves to that shit work.
They didn’t want re-training.
I remember all the alt-right asshats trolling journalists that lost their jobs to “learn to code”. I think that originated in the idea of trying to retrain miners…
Ah, but the cost of the miner with black lung is increasingly handled by that individual or their family.
If you are a coal miner and you think that a man that lives in a gilded apartment can relate to you and has your best interests at heart you are going to be sadly disappointed.
Not with that attitude!
The plan is to cast everyone aside to die once their capital has been extracted. The ones who survive must still have some capital left to extract.
Is it just Trump though?
For years, coal miners have always gotten the shit end of the stick.
I mean, Republicans cast everybody aside. Soldiers are sent to die for them. Hell, it took decades for the combination efforts of those involved with 9/11 from policemen, firefighters, EMTs .etc to get things done for them, all dragged by Republicans.
Everyone is expendable under Republican rule because the only kind of people who matter to them are corporate executives.
Its a lot worse than it was several years back. Mine owners cut safety, Trump stopped the regulatory effort to do something about it, and cut treatment funding.
The regulatory effort created by and championed by
“I voted for him because he speaks his mind (and hates ******** just as much as I do)”.
Was this during Covid?
No, no, no, I voted for other people to be cast aside to die!
So glad we got rid of the illegals so our kids can share in the proud tradition of getting black lung and being forgotten. /s
So… It’s ok if non-citizens get black lung and forgotten?
Also no, but I think a lot and of MAGAts would change their tune on immigration if they really realized not only how much they contribute but how much quality of life for Americans would suffer.
other than I told you so, who the fuck grows up and decides… “there’s some black rock I could go dig out of dirt and other rock, risking my health obviously, for 12 an hour” ?
When 12 an hour is good money where you live…
You really don’t understand brainwashing do you?
my brain dirty as hell.
I could use a washin’
If that’s the only job that pays bills, anyone.
What fucking year is it again?
1825
As are we all. Trump cares about no one but himself.
