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John Oliver did a segment explaining how Murray Coal gave people bonus checks as low as $3 for dodging safety policies to mine more coal, and said "they can voi
by pwodhouse 7y ago
John Oliver did a segment explaining how Murray Coal gave people bonus checks as low as $3 for dodging safety policies to mine more coal, and said "they can void their checks if they don't want the bonuses". Some miners mailed the checks back voided with "Eat Shit Bob Murray" on them.
- nefitty 7y agoMurray is possibly one of the most infuriating contemporary figures I've ever learned about: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Murray https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Murray After one of his mines collapsed: > The MSHA report heavily criticized Bob Murray's volatile behavior during the crisis, especially at daily briefings for family members, where he "frequently became very irate and would start yelling," even making young children cry, it said. He told family members that "the media is telling you lies" and "the union is your enemy." http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26050043/ns/us_news-life/t/year-after-mine-collapse-many-failures-clear/ http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26050043/ns/us_news-life/t/year-af...