Sentences with phrase «coal miners stopped»

It shares one major element with that film: it centers around the 1984 miners strike, where the coal miners stopped work for almost a year in an (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt to stop Margaret Thatcher's attempt to close down the pits.

The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Friday to fund the government through April and President Barack Obama promptly signed it into law, after Democrats who had sought more generous healthcare benefits for coal miners stopped delaying action on the measure.

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Once the singing stopped though, that was the coal miners» cue to get out quickly before the toxic gas killed them too.

However, at the community hall, more than 60 coal miners showed up and harassed Gunnoe and her neighbors, stopping the meeting and intimidating the group.

About 3,000 coal miners, vendors and coal - town residents say they will rally across the river from the Pittsburgh meeting site, trying to stop a rule they call EPA's «most devastating yet.»