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Patriot Coal filed for Chapter 11 protection Tuesday, less than two years after emerging from bankruptcy.Patriot, which was spun off from Peabody Energy…

The nearly monthly rallies by retired miners in front of Peabody Energy’s headquarters in downtown St. Louis are now a thing of the past.The United Mine…

Peabody Energy will have to pay health benefits for retirees of a former subsidiary after an appeals court reversed a federal bankruptcy judge’s…

A federal bankruptcy judge approved a new labor agreement Tuesday between St. Louis-based Patriot Coal and the United Mine Workers of America.Judge Kathy…

Members of The United Mine Workers of America were in St. Louis again Tuesday, rallying over miners’ retiree benefits. The protest took place just one day…

More than a thousand United Mine Workers of America members were back in St. Louis on Monday, the latest in a series of protests against Peabody Energy…

Updated 6:15 p.m. UMWA tweeted this afternoon that they and Patriot have "agreed to return to the bargaining table next week." Original Story: St.…

The United Mine Workers of America say negotiators from St. Louis-based Patriot Coal walked out of talks Tuesday setting the stage for a possible…

A federal bankruptcy judge granted a motion Wednesday allowing St. Louis-based Patriot Coal to make major changes to retirees’ health benefits.Patriot…