Julie Su is Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su. She visits Uniontown, PA, on Tuesday, April 16.U.S. Department of Labor
By Julie Su
Kevin Weikle, a 34-year-old coal miner in West Virginia, began working in the mines at 18. Last year, his career came to an end. That’s because the father of four was diagnosed with an advanced stage of black lung disease and has reduced lung capacity from breathing in harmful dust at work. The disease is incurable, although he is hoping for a lung transplant.
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