In May 2012, Murray hosted a $1.7 million fund-raiser for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. On August 14, 2012, Murray hosted Mitt Romney at Murray Energy’s Century coal mine in Beallsville, Ohio. Several miners contacted a nearby morning talk radio host, David Blomquist to complain that they were forced to attend the rally without pay. Murray chief operating officer Robert Moore said: Attendance was mandatory but no one was forced to attend the event. Murray closed the mine the day of the rally and suspended pay to workers, arguing that the rally was important to the coal industry and that attending was in the workers best interest. Murray and his corporation were a major donor to Romney and other Republicans, and employees report frequent instances of political pressure from management. In October 2012, the non-profit group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Murray and his company alleging violations of federal campaign law in which employees of Murray Energy were supposedly required to give one percent of their salary to the companys political action committee. On November 9, 2012, three days following the presidential election, Murray laid off 156 workers, citing a supposed “war on coal” by the Obama administration as the reason for his decision. (The same Obama who loves clean coal?) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Murray (Mr. Murray can afford millions in lobbying efforts and millions more in fines for numerous safety violations including worker deaths at his coal mines, but he cant afford to continue health care ..?..) Murray Energy Lobbying Summary: (0% to Democrats, 100% to Republicans) opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00410985&cycle=2014 ~Alex
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 02:43:04 +0000
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