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Lawsuit claims coal companies didn't pay overtime to miners - Mountain Top Media

ABINGDON, Va. — A coal miner from Virginia has filed a federal class-action lawsuit accusing United Coal Company, Wellmore Coal Company, and Wellmore Energy of illegally withholding overtime pay from workers at mines along the Kentucky-Virginia border. Plaintiff Jimmy Tester filed the case this week in U.S. District Court in Abingdon on behalf of himself and other salaried employees. The suit alleges the companies misclassified workers as exempt
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Mountain Top Media | | Pikeville, KY broke the news in on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
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