October 19, 2023
A coal miner urged an Illinois federal court not to decertify a worker collective seeking off-the-clock wage claims, arguing that employer-caused discovery delays have prevented the parties from developing the full factual record needed to weigh in on the motion.
October 11, 2023
A coal company and several subsidiaries asked an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to decertify a collective of miners and dismiss their suit alleging nonpayment of overtime wages, arguing that the workers' situations were too disparate and that they hadn't brought evidence supporting a group action.
September 28, 2022
Miners can move forward as a collective in a suit alleging that a coal company didn't properly pay them overtime, after an Illinois federal judge found that the workers shared the same experiences.