Warrior Met Coal to mobilize scabs against 1,100 striking mine workers in Alabama As the strike of 1,100 mine workers at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama enters its fifth day, the company has signaled its intentions to mobilize scabs. The company announced April 2, likely in a move to assuage investors’ fears, that it has “continuity plans” should the strike continue. Workers have also reported that the company intends to bring in scabs, as well as armed private security and Alabama state troopers to secure the mines. Warrior Met Coal mine in Alabama [Credit: warriormetcoal.com] The mobilization of scabs, police, and modern-day Pinkertons should serve as a warning to the miners at Warrior Met that the company is aiming to crush the strike. The only way forward for striking mine workers is to break out of the isolation which currently exists around their struggle and take matters into their hands through the formation of a rank-and-file strike committee. An appeal must be made to striking steelworkers at ATI and Bradken, along with Amazon workers, autoworkers, educators, and broader sections of the working class to join them in a common fight against the corporate attack on the working class.