This link may help explain the origins of this song by Mary Lou Layne:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-1307.ZO.html

The miners were having difficulty obtaining their negotiated retirement benefits because of changes in the mining industry caused the miners benefit plans to be in "serious financial crisis."   A strike was threatened unless a legislative solution was reached.

It looks like "The Battle of Jericol" went all the way to the Supreme Court.

"May your pension plan be written down..."

This great song immortalizes the struggle of working people simply standing up for their rights in a system where corporations rule.

Google "Sigmon Coal Jericol Mining strike" for more info.