Honoring the Fallen: West Virginia AFL-CIO Remembers Workers Who Lost Their Lives on the Job, 100 Years After Benwood Mine Disaster

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Honoring the Fallen: West Virginia AFL-CIO Remembers Workers Who Lost Their Lives on the Job, 100 Years After Benwood Mine Disaster

BENWOOD, W.Va. (WTRF) -- A special ceremony was held on Sunday to honor and remember the West Virginia men and women who lost their lives on the job last year and the 119 workers who tragically lost their lives in the Benwood Mine Disaster.  A bell was tolled 20 times at St. Johns Fellowship Hall in Benwood for the 20 workers who showed up for work and never returned home in 2023. The West Virginia AFL-CIO and the Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler Centra…