HILLARY SET TO DESTROY LIVES Of Proud, Hard-Working, Black Coal Miners To Satisfy Mostly White Environmental Activists [VIDEO]Stealing Jobs From Minorities To Satisfy White Environmentalists Is The Worst Kind Of Racism It s always about the money for Hillary. A University of Michigan survey in May found that leaders of environmental groups are overwhelmingly white males, with ethnic minorities occupying fewer than 12% of leadership positions.The environmental groups that are calling for sweeping changes to the economy   moving away from oil and coal to carbon-free sources of energy   seem incapable of making a transition themselves. These almost exclusively white groups are helping to fund Hillary s campaign while stealing the livelihood of hard-working black American coal miners and Blacks in the communities who s livelihood depends on the coal industry.Take a look at the top executives at eight of the top 10 groups devoted to fighting that fight:Sierra Club? White male.Nature Conservancy? White male.League of Conservation Voters? White male.AdvertisementWorld Wildlife Fund? White male.Environmental Defense Fund? White male.Friends of the Earth? White male.National Audubon Society? White male.Nature Conservancy? White male.Yet, Hillary persists in her desire to shut down the coal industry that has given minorities a way to live a middle to upper middle-class lifestyle, as a way to satisfy her white donors and activists.Watch here as coal miner confronts Hillary on her promise to shut down coal industry:https://youtu.be/-aiHD7AcfbsCoal was booming, and work was plentiful. By the 1930s, the industry employed 400,000 miners, 55,000 of whom were black. African Americans were restricted to more physically demanding positions requiring less skill, earning 30 percent less than whites. But their wages were still high by national standards: $118.30 per month, according to one 1929 survey. By contrast, a national study in 1939 later found that black men earned an average income of $460 per year.By the 1950s, African Americans made up 24 percent of McDowell s population, compared with 6 percent statewide. Locals came to refer to the area as  the Free State of McDowell.  Black doctors, lawyers and entrepreneurs also flocked to the county, drawn to the promise of a better life. Even in the Jim Crow era, unions in the area were integrated, blacks in West Virginia enjoyed voting rights, and local political leadership included many people of color. Everybody had money,  says Clif Moore, a current state delegate for McDowell who was born in the county in 1949.  It was sort of like little New York. Like a little Manhattan. Everything was popping. But at mid-century, as machines began to take over the tasks of drilling and blasting coal and hauling it above ground, black miners were the first to lose their jobs. What had once been an all but certain gateway to the middle class began to close. African Americans fled the industry at even higher rates than whites; by 1960, the share of black workers in coal shrank to 6.6 from 12 percent a decade earlier. In 2014, the most recent year for which Bureau of Labor Statistics data are available, only about 2,500 blacks worked as coal miners, less than 3 percent of the total.Coal has seen booms and busts before, but for locals, this time feels different. Production in Appalachia fell last year by 13 percent (and 10 percent nationwide) as tougher environmental regulations and cheaper natural gas choked off demand for the highly polluting fossil fuel. Last month, the Obama administration announced a moratorium on new coal leases on public lands. Many of the area s mines have closed. Shops are often empty; drug use is rampant. McDowell is now West Virginia s poorest county.Still, families who ve lived here for generations say they re reluctant to leave. They praise the region s physical beauty, close-knit family life and friendly Southern manners.  It s a different kind of black folk here.   They dress differently, they talk differently, they carry themselves differently. They have a little arrogance about them,  says Moore with a grin.Wade, like others here, harbors particular resentment for the Obama administration.  He hasn t done anything for us,  says the 88-year-old, leaning back on a couch in his living room overlooking the mountains.  If he were running again, I just couldn t vote for him. And I ve been a Democrat my whole life. When Wade first started in the mines, Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. It was a dangerous gig, but Wade didn t worry much about safety, even after his brother nearly died in a motor accident underground and his father lost an eye in a roof collapse. Wade says he didn t witness much discrimination, either.  I had some of the nicest white friends that you would ever want to meet. He got involved in the mine s union, serving as president, and later took a job with the United Mine Workers of America. From 2005 to 2011, after his retirement, he also served as mayor of Keystone. But while he cared about local politics, his heart was in the mines. Even today, Wade drives the 30 minutes to the union offices once a week just to say hello.For Jeremy McMillian, 25, working in the mines was difficult at first. He was one of just 13 black employees among roughly 400 at the Pinnacle Mine in Pineville, West Virginia, he says. Occasionally, people directed racial slurs his way, but more often, they simply ignored him.  People not talking to you, just walking by you like you re invisible,  says McMillian.  It s been days I wanted to snap, go crazy. They ll push your buttons. But over five years of running a coal buggy in and out of the mine, he gradually grew close to some colleagues.  I can t blame them. Their parents taught them that. McMillian never thought he d be a coal miner. His father was a cop, and his stepdad, who raised him, owned a roofing business. No one in high school had ambitions to work in the mines unless their fathers did, so McMillian never expected to end up there. In fact, he was afraid of the mines. He d heard of coal workers  pneumoconiosis, more commonly known as black lung. (A recent report found that after near eradication 15 years ago, black lung has resurged as coal miners work longer hours, often in dirtier conditions.) And he didn t think it was a profession welcome to black people. So after high school, he found a job as a mechanic.But when a father of a friend, a white man who d worked in the mines for 32 years, told him he could earn six figures as a coal miner, McMillian signed on. His health concerns haven t evaporated, though. You can make $100,00 a year,  he says.  They pay you that much because it s a dangerous job.  Each time a shift of workers prepares to go underground, he says, they pray together.  All I can do and pray [is that] it ain t my last day in the mines. His wife, a cheerleading coach at the local high school, is ready for him to quit. But there aren t many other jobs available. He has two children to provide for   a 7-year-old daughter and 7-month-old girl. He s studying for his roofing license so he can take over his stepfather s business one day. But he plans to keep working in coal as long as it s viable.That may not be long. In October, his employer, Cliffs Natural Resources, announced it was laying off more than 200 people   roughly half its staff   at the Pinnacle Mine. McMillian kept his job, but his overtime hours were capped, costing him about $2,300 a month, he says. He was relieved, though, to still have a job.McMillian says he s frustrated that so many national politicians seem to be turning against coal.  We don t like Obama  cause he don t like us,  he says. Instead, he may vote for Donald Trump:  He talk a good game,  McMillian says.  We ll see if he stick to it. I mean, who wouldn t want to pay less taxes?  He says he pays up to $2,400 a month in state and federal taxes on his monthly salary, which ranges from $4,000 to $4,500, depending on his hours.Two days before New Year s, McMillian was laid off. But as he was making plans to start a job as a truck driver hauling cars and heavy equipment cross-country, he was called back to the mines. He s happy to be back at work, for now. But he imagines he ll soon have to give up coal for trucking.With her long, black dreadlocks; warm smile; and Trinidadian accent, Janice Martin, 62, doesn t look or sound like a typical coal miner. She arrived in McDowell County in the late 1970s when her then-husband returned to his home state to find work in the lucrative coal industry.Following her mother s counsel, Martin searched for a job too. The mines seemed an obvious place to look. But she was shut out.  They said women were not allowed in the coal mines because they thought it was bad luck,  says Martin. But a few years later, after equal opportunity laws forced the mines to hire women, she tried again. This time she was successful and soon was one of the first five women hired at U.S. Steel Co. Mine Number 9 in Gary, West Virginia.At Mine 9, Martin was a mason. She laid blocks and built stoppings to aid air ventilation for $10 an hour, a good salary for a man or woman. She didn t mind the work, but the male-dominated culture could be demoralizing.  They cuss, and they make dirty jokes, and they make women jokes, and they make black jokes, and they make Polish jokes. I mean, that s how life is, and you have to get used to it.  But none of the jokes were personal, Martin says, and she never felt disrespected.Nearly 40 years later, she s still employed in the coal industry, as the only female (or African-American) mine inspector for the state of West Virginia, covering McDowell and a few other counties. She loves her work but believes even bigger job losses are about to hit.  These communities are dying   slowly,  she says.  People are moving out of these areas, and they aren t coming back. As she drives through McDowell in her beige GMC truck, the Trinidadian flag flying from the mirror, she points with sadness and frustration to the retail stores and government buildings that have shut down in recent years   cleaners, banks, grocery stories, a school. The industry s decline is also hitting her at home. Martin once hoped her 19-year-old daughter, Jazzlee, would work in the mines, but instead she s studying to be a welder.  I raised her that she was going to be in the mines, but the mines dropped drastically; there is no future in mining now. Via: Al Jazeera Americaleft-news
hillary set to destroy lives of proud black coal miners to satisfy mostly white environmental activists video stealing jobs from minorities to satisfy white environmentalists is the worst kind of racism it always money hillary a university michigan survey may found leaders environmental groups overwhelmingly white males ethnic minorities occupying fewer leadership environmental groups calling sweeping changes economy moving away oil coal sources energy seem incapable making transition these almost exclusively white groups helping fund hillary campaign stealing livelihood black american coal miners blacks communities livelihood depends coal look top executives eight top groups devoted fighting fight sierra club white conservancy white conservation voters white wildlife fund white defense fund white earth white audubon society white conservancy white hillary persists desire shut coal industry given minorities way live middle upper lifestyle way satisfy white donors coal miner confronts hillary promise shut coal industry https booming work plentiful by industry employed miners black african americans restricted physically demanding positions requiring less skill earning percent less whites but wages still high national standards per month according one survey by contrast national study later found black men earned average income per african americans made percent mcdowell population compared percent statewide locals came refer area free state mcdowell black doctors lawyers entrepreneurs also blocked county drawn promise better life even jim crow era unions area integrated blacks west virginia enjoyed voting rights local political leadership included many people color everybody money says clip moore current state delegate mcdowell born county it sort like little new york like little manhattan everything popping but machines began take tasks drilling blasting coal hauling ground black miners first lose jobs what certain gateway middle class began close african americans fled industry even higher rates whites share black workers coal shrink percent decade earlier in recent year bureau labor statistics data available blacks worked coal miners less percent seen booms busts locals time feels different production appalachia fell last year percent percent nationwide tougher environmental regulations cheaper natural gas choked demand highly polluting fossil fuel last month obama administration announced moratorium new coal leases public lands many area mines closed shops often empty drug use rampant mcdowell west virginia poorest families lived generations say reluctant leave they praise region physical beauty family life friendly southern manners it different kind black folk they dress differently talk differently carry differently they little arrogance says moore like others harbors particular resentment obama administration he done anything us says leaning back couch living room overlooking mountains if running i vote and i democrat whole life when wade first started mines franklin roosevelt president it dangerous gig wade worry much safety even brother nearly died motor accident underground father lost eye roof collapse wade says witness much discrimination either i incest white friends would ever want meet he got involved mine union serving president later took job united mine workers america from retirement also served mayor keystone but cared local politics heart mines even today wade drives minutes union offices week say jeremy mcmillian working mines difficult first he one black employees among roughly pinnacle mine neville west virginia says occasionally people directed racial slurs way often simply ignored people talking walking like invisible says mcmillian it days i wanted snap go crazy they push buttons but five years running coal buggy mine gradually grew close colleagues i blame their parents taught mcmillian never thought coal miner his father cop stepped raised owned roofing business no one high school ambitions work mines unless fathers mcmillian never expected end in fact afraid mines he heard coal workers pneumoconiosis commonly known black lung a recent report found near eradication years ago black lung returned coal miners work longer hours often drier conditions and think profession welcome black people so high school found job father friend white man worked mines years told could earn six figures coal miner mcmillian signed his health concerns evaporated though you make year says they pay much dangerous job each time shift workers prepares go underground says pray together all i pray last day mines his wife cheerleading coach local high school ready quit but many jobs available he two children provide daughter girl he studying roofing license take stepfather business one day but plans keep working coal long may long in october employer cliffs natural resources announced laying people roughly half staff pinnacle mine mcmillian kept job overtime hours capped costing month says he relieved though still says frustrated many national politicians seem turning coal we like obama cause like us says instead may vote donald trump he talk good game mcmillian says we see stick i mean want pay less taxes he says pays month state federal taxes monthly salary ranges depending days new year mcmillian laid but making plans start job truck driver hauling cars heavy equipment called back mines he happy back work but imagines soon give coal long black deadlock warm smile trinidadian accent dance martin look sound like typical coal miner she arrived mcdowell county late returned home state find work lucrative coal mother counsel martin searched job the mines seemed obvious place look but shut they said women allowed coal mines thought bad luck says martin but years later equal opportunity laws forced mines hire women tried this time successful soon one first five women hired steel co mine number gary west mine martin mason she laid blocks built stopping aid air ventilation hour good salary man woman she mind work culture could demoralizing they cuts make dirty jokes make women jokes make black jokes make polish jokes i mean life get used but none jokes personal martin says never felt years later still employed coal industry female mine inspector state west virginia covering mcdowell counties she loves work believes even bigger job losses hit these communities dying slowly says people moving areas coming back as drives mcdowell beige pmc truck trinidadian flag flying mirror points sadness frustration retail stores government buildings shut recent years cleaners banks grocery stories school the industry decline also hitting home martin hoped daughter jazzlee would work mines instead studying elder i raised going mines mines dropped drastically future mining via al aljazeera
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: HILLARY SET TO DESTROY LIVES Of Proud, Hard-Working, Black Coal Miners To Satisfy Mostly White Environmental Activists [VIDEO]Stealing Jobs From Minorities To Satisfy White Environmentalists Is The Worst Kind Of Racism It s always about the money for Hillary. A University of Michigan survey in May found that leaders of environmental groups are overwhelmingly white males, with ethnic minorities occupying fewer than 12% of leadership positions.The environmental groups that are calling for sweeping changes to the economy   moving away from oil and coal to carbon-free sources of energy   seem incapable of making a transition themselves. These almost exclusively white groups are helping to fund Hillary s campaign while stealing the livelihood of hard-working black American coal miners and Blacks in the communities who s livelihood depends on the coal industry.Take a look at the top executives at eight of the top 10 groups devoted to fighting that fight:Sierra Club? White male.Nature Conservancy? White male.League of Conservation Voters? White male.AdvertisementWorld Wildlife Fund? White male.Environmental Defense Fund? White male.Friends of the Earth? White male.National Audubon Society? White male.Nature Conservancy? White male.Yet, Hillary persists in her desire to shut down the coal industry that has given minorities a way to live a middle to upper middle-class lifestyle, as a way to satisfy her white donors and activists.Watch here as coal miner confronts Hillary on her promise to shut down coal industry:https://youtu.be/-aiHD7AcfbsCoal was booming, and work was plentiful. By the 1930s, the industry employed 400,000 miners, 55,000 of whom were black. African Americans were restricted to more physically demanding positions requiring less skill, earning 30 percent less than whites. But their wages were still high by national standards: $118.30 per month, according to one 1929 survey. By contrast, a national study in 1939 later found that black men earned an average income of $460 per year.By the 1950s, African Americans made up 24 percent of McDowell s population, compared with 6 percent statewide. Locals came to refer to the area as  the Free State of McDowell.  Black doctors, lawyers and entrepreneurs also flocked to the county, drawn to the promise of a better life. Even in the Jim Crow era, unions in the area were integrated, blacks in West Virginia enjoyed voting rights, and local political leadership included many people of color. Everybody had money,  says Clif Moore, a current state delegate for McDowell who was born in the county in 1949.  It was sort of like little New York. Like a little Manhattan. Everything was popping. But at mid-century, as machines began to take over the tasks of drilling and blasting coal and hauling it above ground, black miners were the first to lose their jobs. What had once been an all but certain gateway to the middle class began to close. African Americans fled the industry at even higher rates than whites; by 1960, the share of black workers in coal shrank to 6.6 from 12 percent a decade earlier. In 2014, the most recent year for which Bureau of Labor Statistics data are available, only about 2,500 blacks worked as coal miners, less than 3 percent of the total.Coal has seen booms and busts before, but for locals, this time feels different. Production in Appalachia fell last year by 13 percent (and 10 percent nationwide) as tougher environmental regulations and cheaper natural gas choked off demand for the highly polluting fossil fuel. Last month, the Obama administration announced a moratorium on new coal leases on public lands. Many of the area s mines have closed. Shops are often empty; drug use is rampant. McDowell is now West Virginia s poorest county.Still, families who ve lived here for generations say they re reluctant to leave. They praise the region s physical beauty, close-knit family life and friendly Southern manners.  It s a different kind of black folk here.   They dress differently, they talk differently, they carry themselves differently. They have a little arrogance about them,  says Moore with a grin.Wade, like others here, harbors particular resentment for the Obama administration.  He hasn t done anything for us,  says the 88-year-old, leaning back on a couch in his living room overlooking the mountains.  If he were running again, I just couldn t vote for him. And I ve been a Democrat my whole life. When Wade first started in the mines, Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. It was a dangerous gig, but Wade didn t worry much about safety, even after his brother nearly died in a motor accident underground and his father lost an eye in a roof collapse. Wade says he didn t witness much discrimination, either.  I had some of the nicest white friends that you would ever want to meet. He got involved in the mine s union, serving as president, and later took a job with the United Mine Workers of America. From 2005 to 2011, after his retirement, he also served as mayor of Keystone. But while he cared about local politics, his heart was in the mines. Even today, Wade drives the 30 minutes to the union offices once a week just to say hello.For Jeremy McMillian, 25, working in the mines was difficult at first. He was one of just 13 black employees among roughly 400 at the Pinnacle Mine in Pineville, West Virginia, he says. Occasionally, people directed racial slurs his way, but more often, they simply ignored him.  People not talking to you, just walking by you like you re invisible,  says McMillian.  It s been days I wanted to snap, go crazy. They ll push your buttons. But over five years of running a coal buggy in and out of the mine, he gradually grew close to some colleagues.  I can t blame them. Their parents taught them that. McMillian never thought he d be a coal miner. His father was a cop, and his stepdad, who raised him, owned a roofing business. No one in high school had ambitions to work in the mines unless their fathers did, so McMillian never expected to end up there. In fact, he was afraid of the mines. He d heard of coal workers  pneumoconiosis, more commonly known as black lung. (A recent report found that after near eradication 15 years ago, black lung has resurged as coal miners work longer hours, often in dirtier conditions.) And he didn t think it was a profession welcome to black people. So after high school, he found a job as a mechanic.But when a father of a friend, a white man who d worked in the mines for 32 years, told him he could earn six figures as a coal miner, McMillian signed on. His health concerns haven t evaporated, though. You can make $100,00 a year,  he says.  They pay you that much because it s a dangerous job.  Each time a shift of workers prepares to go underground, he says, they pray together.  All I can do and pray [is that] it ain t my last day in the mines. His wife, a cheerleading coach at the local high school, is ready for him to quit. But there aren t many other jobs available. He has two children to provide for   a 7-year-old daughter and 7-month-old girl. He s studying for his roofing license so he can take over his stepfather s business one day. But he plans to keep working in coal as long as it s viable.That may not be long. In October, his employer, Cliffs Natural Resources, announced it was laying off more than 200 people   roughly half its staff   at the Pinnacle Mine. McMillian kept his job, but his overtime hours were capped, costing him about $2,300 a month, he says. He was relieved, though, to still have a job.McMillian says he s frustrated that so many national politicians seem to be turning against coal.  We don t like Obama  cause he don t like us,  he says. Instead, he may vote for Donald Trump:  He talk a good game,  McMillian says.  We ll see if he stick to it. I mean, who wouldn t want to pay less taxes?  He says he pays up to $2,400 a month in state and federal taxes on his monthly salary, which ranges from $4,000 to $4,500, depending on his hours.Two days before New Year s, McMillian was laid off. But as he was making plans to start a job as a truck driver hauling cars and heavy equipment cross-country, he was called back to the mines. He s happy to be back at work, for now. But he imagines he ll soon have to give up coal for trucking.With her long, black dreadlocks; warm smile; and Trinidadian accent, Janice Martin, 62, doesn t look or sound like a typical coal miner. She arrived in McDowell County in the late 1970s when her then-husband returned to his home state to find work in the lucrative coal industry.Following her mother s counsel, Martin searched for a job too. The mines seemed an obvious place to look. But she was shut out.  They said women were not allowed in the coal mines because they thought it was bad luck,  says Martin. But a few years later, after equal opportunity laws forced the mines to hire women, she tried again. This time she was successful and soon was one of the first five women hired at U.S. Steel Co. Mine Number 9 in Gary, West Virginia.At Mine 9, Martin was a mason. She laid blocks and built stoppings to aid air ventilation for $10 an hour, a good salary for a man or woman. She didn t mind the work, but the male-dominated culture could be demoralizing.  They cuss, and they make dirty jokes, and they make women jokes, and they make black jokes, and they make Polish jokes. I mean, that s how life is, and you have to get used to it.  But none of the jokes were personal, Martin says, and she never felt disrespected.Nearly 40 years later, she s still employed in the coal industry, as the only female (or African-American) mine inspector for the state of West Virginia, covering McDowell and a few other counties. She loves her work but believes even bigger job losses are about to hit.  These communities are dying   slowly,  she says.  People are moving out of these areas, and they aren t coming back. As she drives through McDowell in her beige GMC truck, the Trinidadian flag flying from the mirror, she points with sadness and frustration to the retail stores and government buildings that have shut down in recent years   cleaners, banks, grocery stories, a school. The industry s decline is also hitting her at home. Martin once hoped her 19-year-old daughter, Jazzlee, would work in the mines, but instead she s studying to be a welder.  I raised her that she was going to be in the mines, but the mines dropped drastically; there is no future in mining now. Via: Al Jazeera Americaleft-news
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TEXT: hillary set to destroy lives of proud black coal miners to satisfy mostly white environmental activists video stealing jobs from minorities to satisfy white environmentalists is the worst kind of racism it always money hillary a university michigan survey may found leaders environmental groups overwhelmingly white males ethnic minorities occupying fewer leadership environmental groups calling sweeping changes economy moving away oil coal sources energy seem incapable making transition these almost exclusively white groups helping fund hillary campaign stealing livelihood black american coal miners blacks communities livelihood depends coal look top executives eight top groups devoted fighting fight sierra club white conservancy white conservation voters white wildlife fund white defense fund white earth white audubon society white conservancy white hillary persists desire shut coal industry given minorities way live middle upper lifestyle way satisfy white donors coal miner confronts hillary promise shut coal industry https booming work plentiful by industry employed miners black african americans restricted physically demanding positions requiring less skill earning percent less whites but wages still high national standards per month according one survey by contrast national study later found black men earned average income per african americans made percent mcdowell population compared percent statewide locals came refer area free state mcdowell black doctors lawyers entrepreneurs also blocked county drawn promise better life even jim crow era unions area integrated blacks west virginia enjoyed voting rights local political leadership included many people color everybody money says clip moore current state delegate mcdowell born county it sort like little new york like little manhattan everything popping but machines began take tasks drilling blasting coal hauling ground black miners first lose jobs what certain gateway middle class began close african americans fled industry even higher rates whites share black workers coal shrink percent decade earlier in recent year bureau labor statistics data available blacks worked coal miners less percent seen booms busts locals time feels different production appalachia fell last year percent percent nationwide tougher environmental regulations cheaper natural gas choked demand highly polluting fossil fuel last month obama administration announced moratorium new coal leases public lands many area mines closed shops often empty drug use rampant mcdowell west virginia poorest families lived generations say reluctant leave they praise region physical beauty family life friendly southern manners it different kind black folk they dress differently talk differently carry differently they little arrogance says moore like others harbors particular resentment obama administration he done anything us says leaning back couch living room overlooking mountains if running i vote and i democrat whole life when wade first started mines franklin roosevelt president it dangerous gig wade worry much safety even brother nearly died motor accident underground father lost eye roof collapse wade says witness much discrimination either i incest white friends would ever want meet he got involved mine union serving president later took job united mine workers america from retirement also served mayor keystone but cared local politics heart mines even today wade drives minutes union offices week say jeremy mcmillian working mines difficult first he one black employees among roughly pinnacle mine neville west virginia says occasionally people directed racial slurs way often simply ignored people talking walking like invisible says mcmillian it days i wanted snap go crazy they push buttons but five years running coal buggy mine gradually grew close colleagues i blame their parents taught mcmillian never thought coal miner his father cop stepped raised owned roofing business no one high school ambitions work mines unless fathers mcmillian never expected end in fact afraid mines he heard coal workers pneumoconiosis commonly known black lung a recent report found near eradication years ago black lung returned coal miners work longer hours often drier conditions and think profession welcome black people so high school found job father friend white man worked mines years told could earn six figures coal miner mcmillian signed his health concerns evaporated though you make year says they pay much dangerous job each time shift workers prepares go underground says pray together all i pray last day mines his wife cheerleading coach local high school ready quit but many jobs available he two children provide daughter girl he studying roofing license take stepfather business one day but plans keep working coal long may long in october employer cliffs natural resources announced laying people roughly half staff pinnacle mine mcmillian kept job overtime hours capped costing month says he relieved though still says frustrated many national politicians seem turning coal we like obama cause like us says instead may vote donald trump he talk good game mcmillian says we see stick i mean want pay less taxes he says pays month state federal taxes monthly salary ranges depending days new year mcmillian laid but making plans start job truck driver hauling cars heavy equipment called back mines he happy back work but imagines soon give coal long black deadlock warm smile trinidadian accent dance martin look sound like typical coal miner she arrived mcdowell county late returned home state find work lucrative coal mother counsel martin searched job the mines seemed obvious place look but shut they said women allowed coal mines thought bad luck says martin but years later equal opportunity laws forced mines hire women tried this time successful soon one first five women hired steel co mine number gary west mine martin mason she laid blocks built stopping aid air ventilation hour good salary man woman she mind work culture could demoralizing they cuts make dirty jokes make women jokes make black jokes make polish jokes i mean life get used but none jokes personal martin says never felt years later still employed coal industry female mine inspector state west virginia covering mcdowell counties she loves work believes even bigger job losses hit these communities dying slowly says people moving areas coming back as drives mcdowell beige pmc truck trinidadian flag flying mirror points sadness frustration retail stores government buildings shut recent years cleaners banks grocery stories school the industry decline also hitting home martin hoped daughter jazzlee would work mines instead studying elder i raised going mines mines dropped drastically future mining via al aljazeera