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Kentucky miners block coal train over missed paychecks

| January 14, 2020 12:05 AM

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Some Kentucky coal miners and their families stood on train tracks Monday to prevent a train loaded with coal from leaving, saying they had worked since Dec. 16 without being paid.

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