Sep. 24, 2021
Source: Associated Press September 24, 2021 An Alabama community marked the 20th anniversary Thursday of an underground explosion that killed more than a dozen coal miners in one of the state’s worst mining disasters in generations. The Alabama Miner’s Memorial Foundation planned a memorial service at a church in Brookwood, where the blast at […]
Sep. 15, 2021
Source: WDRB.com September 15, 2021 BARDSTOWN, Ky. (WDRB) — Nearly 400 workers at Heaven Hill’s Bardstown location plan to strike over contract negotiations. Since the summer, the union for the workers, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23-D, have been negotiating with Heaven Hill Brands. The current five-year contract ends Friday […]
Sep. 15, 2021
Source: 13News Reported by: Erin Noon RACINE, WV (WOWK) — West Virginia labor leaders reflected on the state’s union history at the annual Labor Day celebration in Boone County. This picnic celebrates the achievements of labor unions and workers. This year, they also highlighted the Battle of Blair Mountain’s centennial and how it […]
Sep. 10, 2021
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Sep. 7, 2021
Source: The New York Times September 7, 2021 BLAIR, W.Va. — On the shoulder of a lonely stretch of highway miles into the hills, a sign stands in the weeds. “Battle of Blair Mt.,” it says, informing the tumbledown cinder block building across the road that here, 100 years ago, was the largest armed labor […]
Sep. 7, 2021
Source: Associated Press September 7, 2021 Fed up with the deadly work and poor wages and living conditions, thousands of coal miners marched to unionize in West Virginia a century ago, resulting in a deadly clash and the largest U.S. armed uprising since the Civil War. On Friday, some of their descendants joined others in […]
Sep. 7, 2021
Source: 13News September 7, 2021 MARMET, WV (WOWK) – This week marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain, which took place in West Virginia. It was the largest labor uprising in US history. The Battle of Blair Mountain occurred in Logan County, West Virginia as part of the Coal Wars – a […]
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