Source: JACOBIN AN INTERVIEW WITH: MICHAEL GOLDFIELD The union organizing campaign currently underway at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama could prove to be the most important labor fight in the South since the failure of Operation Dixie, the movement’s last large-scale push to organize the South in the late 1940s. The story of that […]
Source: Williamson Daily News MATEWAN — The Blair Centennial team recently released a lineup of events to take place in lead up and during Labor Day Weekend, all of which are dedicated to commemorating the centennial of the Battle of Blair Mountain. The Battle of Blair Mountain was a landmark event in United States […]
Source: Estevan Mercury February 16, 2021 SaskPower has announced it is currently exporting 175 megawatts (MW) of electricity south to provide relief as extreme cold conditions strain electrical systems and leave millions without power in parts of the United States. “In Saskatchewan we know first-hand the challenges posed by extreme winter weather, and being part […]
Source: WTOV 9 Fox February 17, 2021 Click here to watch video. The United Mineworkers made a donation to the Hopedale Fire Department in the name of former Hopedale Mayor and UMW District 6 President Larry Ward. “We’re trying to make people aware how critical the EMS units are in this area to […]
Source: WCHS Eyewitness News MATEWAN, W.Va. (WCHS) — At the start of its statehood coming out of the Civil War, West Virginia experienced a coal boom like no other. With that, came a high demand for men willing to go underground. Companies recruited across the country and even into Europe but specifically targeted African Americans […]