Hello Trill Billy family. This is a special bonus episode. As I'm sure you've seen or heard on the news or on social media, early in July, the coal company's blank jewel and revelation coal declared bankruptcy, leaving some 1,000 coal miners in their families in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia without paychecks.

These wages, it should be noted, was for work that had already been done and for coal that

had already been dug out of the ground.

The CEO of these companies is one Jeff Hoopes, who is not only screwing these miners out of their

hard-earned pay, but is building a $30 million Rome-themed resort in West Virginia.

Yes, you heard that correctly.

In response to Hoops is blatant theft, a group of the miners occupied a railroad track in

Harlan County, Kentucky, establishing an encampment on the tracks, and effectively preventing

a coal train from leaving the county.

As of this recording, that encampment is still going.

And if you'd like to donate to the miners,

we will be including a link in the description of this episode.

Special Trublies Correspondent Shaylin Clark went over to Harlan County on day three of the protest and talked with miners and their families.

We thought we'd share those interviews with you, to give you a sense of what the miners

have had to deal with, what they're up against, and what drove them to direct action.

Tell me your name?

My name is Joseph Watts.

Can you tell me what you're doing here today?

Down here, helping these guys, block the tracks, keep the train from the

coming the correct coal we worked for, we haven't been paid for yet.

They trying to haul this coal out of here and make money

for their pockets, but they ain't paid our miners yet and they mind it for them. So it ain't

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