May 30, 2025
Coal miners again asked a Kentucky federal judge Friday to greenlight a $15.2 million deal resolving their unpaid wage suit against several mining companies, presenting a restructured agreement that eliminates collective claims and discusses the degree of similarity among workers in a proposed, nearly 7,000-member settlement class.
April 30, 2025
A Kentucky federal judge declined to greenlight a $15.2 million settlement resolving miners' class and collective action against several mining companies over unpaid wages, saying the deal must be revised because the wage and hour landscape has changed over the past few years.
March 19, 2024
A group of coal mining companies and a collective of miners who allege they were compelled to perform pre- and post-shift work without adequate overtime compensation told a Kentucky federal court they have reached a settlement to their over 4-year-old dispute.
April 21, 2021
Kentucky coal miners can proceed as a collective with claims that a handful of mining companies systematically underpaid them for years by making them do unpaid pre- and post-shift work and shorting them on overtime pay, after a federal judge said the workers were similar enough for conditional certification.