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UMWA Joins Fight Against Landfill

March 12, 2024 Source: Lebanon News   UMWA joins fight against landfill In recent months opponents of a proposed privately…

Memorial service honors 72 men who died in the Willow Grove Mine explosion

Date: 03/09/2024 Source: WTRF Author: Mary Flavin     BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — On March 16, 1940, 72 men…

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Why Alabama Coal Miners Are Still on Strike

Source: The Nation. January 7, 2022   Greg Pilkerton has been fighting for better pay and working conditions for 10 months. He explains why he and his union comrades aren’t giving up.   “Happy miners run more coal.”   When coal miner Greg Pilkerton spoke those words to me in his gruff Alabama drawl, it […]

The Achilles’ Heel of Biden’s Climate Plan? Coal Miners.

Source: New York Times December 8, 2021   For years, environmentalists have sought compromises with labor unions in industries reliant on fossil fuels, aware that one of the biggest obstacles to cutting carbon emissions is opposition from the unions’ members. States like Washington, New York, and Illinois have enacted renewable-energy laws that were backed by […]

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Picketing Alabama Miners Stopped by Rare Non-Federal Court Order

Source: bloomberglaw.com Date: November 26, 2021 Author: Ian Kullgren   “As an Alabama coal miners’ strike neared the eight-month mark, a Tuscaloosa County judge took an unusual step: prohibiting union workers from picketing outside properties owned by their employer. The order was a rare incursion by a local court into a private-sector strike—an activity protected […]

Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders: Equity firms ‘made off like bandits’ while striking Alabama coal miners struggle

Source: AL.com Date: November 23, 2021 Author: William Thornton   “Three U.S. senators are asking for answers from two private equity firms that they say helped create the conditions that led to the ongoing Warrior Met Coal strike in Alabama. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) sent a letter to […]

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