Article: The real truth: Mine's voters were free to choose

THE June 26, 2007 op-ed commentary by Cecil Roberts, titled "An End to Intimidation: Employee Free Choice Act would fix broken American labor law" is both interesting and flawed.

One should be curious to know where Mr. Roberts obtained his facts. He is entitled to his misleading opinions, but it is useful to present the public with the real truth. As someone who works around the men and women at the Rockspring Mine referenced in his commentary, I thought I would relay some of the facts.

For starters, Rockspring Mine is actually located in Wayne County, not Mingo County. Pettiness aside, there were other errors regarding the November 2003 organizing election held at Rockspring Mine.

Before ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!