Causes After nearly a decade of anxiety over pensions, coal miners see light at the end of the tunnel Union coal miners and retirees breathed a collective sigh of relief after the U.S. Senate passed a spending bill that includes support for miners' pensions, which had been at risk due to the coal industry's downturn.
Causes www.post-gazette.com Congress reaches deal to prop up coal miners' pension fund The long-sought measure, which transfers federal funds to the 1974 UMWA pension plan, could be signed by Mr. Trump by the end of the week.
