December 23rd, 2021 by WCBC Radio

America’s biggest coal mining union is calling on West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin to reconsider his opposition to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion social and climate spending bill. United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil Roberts said the legislation includes several provisions that would aid coal workers, including extension of a fee that helps fund benefits for workers suffering from black lung and tax incentives that would encourage manufactures to build facilities in coal fields and to employ out-of-work miners. Manchin, a Democrat from a deep red Republican state, admits that these are challenging times for him…