Topic - Phil Smith

The fund is needed more than ever, United Mine Workers of America Chief of Staff Phil Smith said, with miners being diagnosed with black lung at younger ages than before because of higher amounts of silica dust in mines — something that's not regulated.

Senate climate bill has West Virginia written all over it →

"We do not support a clean electricity standard because it will obviously hasten the demise of coal-fired power and our members' jobs," said Phil Smith, the union's director of governmental affairs.

Manchin in the middle: Pressure mounts in West Virginia to oppose $3.5 trillion spending package →