'They are fed up': US labor organizing rises in 2021 after decades of decline | US unions
Workers went on strike and pushed union drives in record numbers after corporations made giant pandemic profits
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The United Mine Workers Strike at Warrior Met Coal
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Thank goodness Teen Vogue has a labor reporter, because without Kim Kelly, we might not be hearing anything about the United Mine Workers of American (UMWA) strike at Warrior Met Coal in Brockwood, Alabama, where over 1,000 miners have been on strike for over two months. Here is the UMWA strike page (which permits donations by check, but not online, which seems a little old school). Warrior Met coal isn’t used for power; it’s a premium product, metallurgical coal. It’s possible to reverse engineer the high-level economics behind the strike from the Warri...
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Striking coalminers in Alabama energize support across the south
United Mine Workers of America members are fighting for better wages and benefits and have filed unfair labor practice charges against Warrior Met Coal
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