The CEO of Murray Energy, an Ohio-based coal company, said the reelection of President Obama “was no cause for celebration. It was a time for prayer – and layoffs,” the Washington Post reports.
Robert Murray read a prayer to a group of company staff members on the day after the election, lamenting the direction of the country and asking: “Lord, please forgive me and anyone with me in Murray Energy Corp. for the decisions that we are now forced to make to preserve the very existence of any of the enterprises that you have helped us build.”
He then announced layoffs of 156 people at two subsidiaries.
This is the same company that forced its employees to attend a Mitt Romney rally last summer and lose pay as a result.
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