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Harlan County's seclusion and lack of well-paying manufacturing jobs worked against its residents. The coal mines became the major source of income for area families. People could not afford to become union activists because the operators had too much power over them. The coal companies virtually controlled every aspect of their workers' lives. Coal miners lived in companyowned houses, shopped in company-owned stores, and even worshiped in company-built churches. Workers who tried to start unions faced the full wrath of the operators and were discharged, evicted, and blacklisted. Most workers were deterred from unionism when faced with the option of having a job without a union or organizing and never working in Harlan County again.
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