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82 Year Commemoration of the Willow Grove Mining Disaster

Source: WTRF.com March 20, 2022   BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO (WTRF)- It has been 82 years since the tragic Willow Grove Mine accident. On March 16, 1940, an explosion ripped through the Willow Grove Mine, taking the life of 72 workers. To honor the lives that were lost, family and community members gathered at the mine […]

Energy startup to bring electric battery factory to W.Va.

SOURCE: AP DATE: 3/17/22 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The energy startup SPARKZ said Thursday it plans to build an electric battery factory in West Virginia in 2022 that will employ at least 350 people. The company will partner with the United Mine Workers of America to recruit and train dislocated miners to be the factory’s […]

Miners vs. Wall Street: Strikes in the Era of Asset Management Capitalism

SOURCE: NPQ DATE: March 16, 2022 “It’s difficult to tell your children that you can’t do things because you are not at work right now, you are on strike…It’s not fair. They exploit our work. They work us on skeleton crews…Then we get to watch them sit in the office and make $4 million dollars […]

Striking Warrior Met Workers Have Support of Entire Labor Movement

For Immediate Release: March 16, 2022 Contact: Carolyn Bobb, cbobb@aflcio.org  or 202-637-5018   Striking Warrior Met Workers Have Support of Entire Labor Movement    Statement from the AFL-CIO Executive Council on the Mine Workers (UMWA) strike against Warrior Met Coal in Alabama: As we approach the one-year strike anniversary, the brave and dedicated workers at […]

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