Here is an easy way to contact your senators and congressmen: become a fan of their Facebook page and write to them about your MSHA concerns.
I did that this morning, contacting everybody that I could find in the State of Oregon, plus Senator Tom Harkin, who is on the HELPS Committee that deals with MSHA issues. Rumor has it that the mining industry was beat up pretty bad last week at a HELPS Committee hearing. I linked this website and our OIAA website along with my message about the grassroots movement spreading across our nation asking for fairness and oversight.
Write to them and tell our side!
This website has a Facebook site too, but I have not really got it going yet ... still not sure about the ins and outs. It is on my to do list though. Have a great weekend.
Kathy
Navigating This Website:
Hi,
Thanks for stopping by to take a look! We hope that you will find some useful information as you browse this site. We welcome you as part of this informal group where we can communicate about what is going on in the industry regarding MSHA. Please feel free to leave your comments (but remember that MSHA does read this site too.) To contact us through the phone or email with your stories and concerns, call Cary or Kathy Matthews, at 541-536-1771 or 541-410-4673 (Cary's cell). Our fax number is 541-536-1772. You can email us at: lapineredimixinc@hotmail.com
New blog posts are featured on this page, and other information is found by category by clicking on the pages links above.
We encourage you to join up with your local aggregate association, because there is strength in numbers. If there is not one in your area yet, please consider forming one.
Take care, and remember to be in contact with your state officials to voice your concerns about MSHA. Our tax dollars pay for MSHA, which is under the Department of Labor. Our fine money goes into the general fund, and we cannot afford to keep paying out costly fines on the more and more frequent trivial citations to essentially support government spending. At least that is how I feel about it.
~ Kathy
Thanks for stopping by to take a look! We hope that you will find some useful information as you browse this site. We welcome you as part of this informal group where we can communicate about what is going on in the industry regarding MSHA. Please feel free to leave your comments (but remember that MSHA does read this site too.) To contact us through the phone or email with your stories and concerns, call Cary or Kathy Matthews, at 541-536-1771 or 541-410-4673 (Cary's cell). Our fax number is 541-536-1772. You can email us at: lapineredimixinc@hotmail.com
New blog posts are featured on this page, and other information is found by category by clicking on the pages links above.
We encourage you to join up with your local aggregate association, because there is strength in numbers. If there is not one in your area yet, please consider forming one.
~ Kathy
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Videos of MSHA Hearings:
- Cecil Roberts Discusses MSHA Contested Case Backlog
- Chairman Roberts Opening Statements on the Backlog
- Joe Main Talks About Contested MSHA Citation Backlog
- Mary Lu Jordon Discusses Contested MSHA Citation Backlog
- MSHA 2011 Budget Link: (Written)
- MSHA Case Backlog Testimony by Bruce Watzman
- Website for Dept. of Education and Labor
Friday, March 19, 2010
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