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Jim Justice.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The trustees for three United Mine Workers of America health and retirement plans have sued Justice Energy Company in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img src="/userfiles/image/CECIL-ROBERTS-1200x784.jpg" width="500" height="327" alt="" /></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><i>UMWA President Cecil Roberts, dressed in a camouflage shirt and surrounded by union members, waves a victory sign</i></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In a complaint filed this week, the trustees allege that Justice Energy underpaid wage agreement contributions to the funds by more than $158,000 with an additional interest balance approaching $10,000.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The complaint says the trustees asked Justice Energy to pay those amounts on Oct. 30, but no payment was submitted.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The trustees asked Justice Energy three times this year, most recently on Oct. 30, to conduct an audit of its books and records as required by the wage agreement, but the complaint says the company has not done so.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The lawsuit is one among many involving Justice-owned coal companies in West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky and Alabama.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">West Virginia Public Broadcasting has reached out to an attorney for Justice Energy.</span></span></p></p> <br><br> </div> <div align="left" style="padding:2px; margin:5px; background-color:#ffffff; line-height:18px;"><a href = "javascript:history.back()"><b>Back</b></a> </div> </div> <br> <center> <br>  </center> </div> </td> <td id="contentright" width="194" valign="top"> <img src="images/structure/sponsors.gif" vspace="5"><br>  <br /> <a href="bannerclick.cfm?id=168&loc=article" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.coalzoom.com/banners/saving_us_coal_ad_2.png" vspace="10" border="0"> </a> <br> <a href="bannerclick.cfm?id=206&loc=article" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.coalzoom.com/banners/FutureCoal.gif" vspace="10" border="0"> </a> <br> <a href="bannerclick.cfm?id=22&loc=article" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.coalzoom.com/banners/StrataWorldwideAMS.gif" vspace="10" border="0"> </a> <br> <a href="bannerclick.cfm?id=152&loc=article" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.coalzoom.com/banners/chembio_shelter_ad_2.gif" vspace="10" border="0"> </a> <br> <a href="bannerclick.cfm?id=124&loc=article" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.coalzoom.com/banners/amr_pemco_latest.gif" vspace="10" border="0"> </a> <br> <a href="bannerclick.cfm?id=178&loc=article" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.coalzoom.com/banners/GainwellREVISED.gif" vspace="10" border="0"> </a> <br> <a href="bannerclick.cfm?id=213&loc=article" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.coalzoom.com/banners/komatsuadfinal2024.gif" vspace="10" border="0"> </a> <br> <a href="bannerclick.cfm?id=176&loc=article" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.coalzoom.com/banners/xcoal.png" vspace="10" border="0"> </a> <br> <a href="bannerclick.cfm?id=209&loc=article" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.coalzoom.com/banners/unnamed2.gif" vspace="10" border="0"> </a> <br> <a href="bannerclick.cfm?id=179&loc=article" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.coalzoom.com/banners/belttech2022.gif" vspace="10" border="0"> </a> <br>  <a href="http://www.millerinteractive.net/" target="_blank"><img src="banners/miller_img.jpg" border="0"></a> </td> </tr></table> </div> <div id="footer"><br> ©2024 CoalZoom. 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