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Coal mining isn’t a career most of us consider when pondering what we want to do for a living. Apparently even children of miners, once the heirs apparent to the vocation, aren’t considering it anymore either. Enter Latino immigrants:

The local mine company here, Sidney Coal Co., is seeking to change Kentucky mining legislation so it can hire non-English-speaking Latino workers.

Kentucky law requires that miners be fluent in English for safety reasons, but Sidney Coal, a subsidiary of Massey Energy Inc., has claimed that it cannot find enough local workers.

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