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The United Mine Workers of America, the union at the center of the purported longest strike in Alabama’s history, asked Warrior Met Coal to allow the miners to return to work at the company’s ...
The strike at the Warrior Met Coal mine was one of the longest in U.S. history, but the price of coal soared during the walkout, giving the company leverage. By Michael Corkery Hundreds of coal ...
Hundreds of coal miners in Brookwood, Ala., reached a milestone Thursday: They've spent 20 months on strike. That's well past the six-week average for strikes, according to Bloomberg Law.
He was there to show support for the 1,000 members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), who have been on strike at Alabama’s Warrior Met Coal since April 1, 2021, and who have endured ...
With United Mine Workers’ contracts about to expire ... has been working a trade with the Administration whereby he would call off his coal strike in return for passage of the Guffey bill.
The Trump administration has cut programs that protected workers from lung disease, aided those afflicted, and kept miners safe.
What's likely been Alabama's longest strike looks to be ending with a loss for the union. For nearly two years, hundreds of Alabama coal miners fought for a better contract. Now the union is ...
It was July, two years ago, when the unionized employes of the Pittsburgh Coal Co. went on strike. It was April, this year, when other miners in western Pennsylvania went on strike. It was bitter ...
A FREE new exhibition called Dancing coalfields is marking the 40th anniversary of the end of the British miners’ strike at ...