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GOP Governors Show 'How Scared They Are' of Workers Organizing With UAW | Common Dreams
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Finally! Tough new safety rules on silica dust are out to protect miners' lungs: Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators say ...
npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/16/1245011608/silica-dust-mine-safety-coal-black-lung-final-rule
A New York village braces for loss of nation’s oldest gunmaker: The nation’s oldest gun-maker is consolidating operations in Georgia and recently announced plans ...
seattletimes.com/business/this-small-new-york-village-made-guns-for-200-years-what-happens-when-remington-leaves/
Anti-Racism As Communism, A Book Review| Countercurrents: Title: Anti-Racism as Communism
countercurrents.org/2024/03/anti-racism-as-communism-a-book-review/
Propaganda Against Workers And Unions Is Widespread, And The Entire Climate Is Anti-labor: Michael D. Yates| Countercurrents
countercurrents.org/2024/02/propaganda-against-workers-and-unions-is-widespread-and-the-entire-climate-is-anti-labor-michael-d-yates/
First Encounters With Capital, In Coal Mining Town, On Campus: Interview Of Michael D Yates, On Labor – Organization, Negotiation Education| Countercurrents
countercurrents.org/2024/02/first-encounters-with-capital-in-coal-mining-town-on-campus-interview-of-michael-d-yates-on-labor-organization-negotiation-education/
Remington gun-maker will close historic N.Y. plant, a year after Sandy Hook settlement
thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4340217-remington-gun-maker-will-close-historic-n-y-plant-a-year-after-sandy-hook-settlement/
How unions gambled big on strikes in 2023 and won: Like the post-WWII era, the post-pandemic years united workers who underwent a collective experience extreme ...
businessinsider.com/2023-year-of-the-strike-unions-sag-aftra-uaw-2023-12
Manchin’s impending departure marks end of era for West Virginia Democrats: Joe Manchin’s impending departure from the Senate marks the end of an era for ...
apnews.com/article/west-virginia-coal-democrat-joe-manchin-7e98381524323867dc9be00884bae2b7
Autoworkers strike at Stellantis plant shutting down big profit center, 41,000 workers now picketing
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Quick Glance: UAW Expands Auto Strike to Stellantis' Ram 1500 Plant in Sterling Heights
- UAW expands strike to Stellantis' Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, adding 6,800 members
- Workers at SHAP manufacture Ram 1500 trucks
- UAW extends strike to Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant
- UAW warns of impact on pickup truck production
Hassum: Will Pierre Poilievre support proper wages for construction workers?: The Conservative leader says he's all for the working class. So will he back Bill ...
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/hassum-will-pierre-poilievre-support-proper-wages-for-construction-workers
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We Need a Worker-led Fight Against Climate Change: Without new green jobs, those in the gas and oil industry risk becoming the coal miners of this generation ...
tribunemag.co.uk/2023/09/we-need-a-worker-led-fight-against-climate-change
Inside Alabama’s longest strike: Warrior Met Coal and union’s ugly fight detailed in new documents
al.com/news/2023/09/inside-alabamas-longest-strike-warrior-met-coal-and-unions-ugly-fight-detailed-in-new-documents.html
Huntington Mayor Steve Williams made a strategic choice by publicly announcing his gubernatorial candidacy Monday against the backdrop of a United Mine Workers Labor Day celebration at John Slack Memorial Park in Boone County.
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After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung
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After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung
pennlive.com/news/2023/07/after-decades-of-delays-and-broken-promises-coal-miners-hail-rule-to-slow-rise-of-black-lung.html
Sanders Blasts Corporations 'Spending Millions' to Defeat Worker Champion Julie Su
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Quick Glance: Dianne Feinstein's absence jeopardizes Biden's choice for Labor Secretary
- Senator Dianne Feinstein's prolonged absence from the Senate may jeopardize the confirmation of fellow Californian Julie Su as the next Labor Secretary.
- Feinstein's "absence is hugely felt in a Senate that is so evenly divided." According to California Labor Federation leader Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, if Feinstein's absence jeopardizes Su's confirmation, "that would be devastating."
- Taylor stated that regardless of the outcome of the vote, Feinstein's absence will have a greater impact on how her career is remembered.
Most of the coal mines in Cape Breton have closed but the men who worked underground carry a legacy of lung disease and now face struggles for fair ... Show more www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-coal-miners-health-black-lung/
Longest Alabama Strike Ends as Warrior Met Coal Miners Return. Record Coal Prices Help Break Strike
democracynow.org/2023/3/1/alabama_warrior_met_coal_strike
Alabama mining strike ends without a deal after nearly two years: The strike at the Warrior Met Coal mine was one of the longest in U.S. history ...
nytimes.com/2023/03/03/business/alabama-miners-strike.html
Quick Glance: Alabama Mining Strike Ends After Almost 2 Years Without Agreement
- The price of coal soared during the strike at Warrior Met Coal mine, giving the company leverage.
- The United Mine Workers of America concluded their almost two-year work stoppage, dealing a blow to their push for higher pay and improved working conditions at the Warrior Met Coal mine near Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
- Negotiating sessions became less frequent in recent months, according to Larry Spencer, a vice president of the United Mine Workers of America who helped lead the Alabama strike.
- Most national Republicans did not publicly support the Alabama strike despite former President Donald J. Trump's promises to save the coal industry. The Warrior Met mine produces metallurgical coal in high demand for steel-making.
Union clears miners to return to work after longest strike in Alabama history: The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) has cleared members to return to work at ...
thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3862151-union-clears-miners-to-return-to-work-after-longest-strike-in-alabama-history/
The longest strike in the U.S. just ended: This is the workers’ story: Mine workers at the Warrior Met coal mine in Alabama who walked off the job in April 2021 ...
fastcompany.com/90856238/warrior-met-strike-alabama-mine-workers-ends
Candidate for UAW president got $30,000 donation from mine safety engineer: Both UAW incumbent President Ray Curry and challenger Shawn Fain are running as ...
freep.com/story/money/cars/2023/02/17/shawn-fain-donation-uaw-president-candidate-campaign/69906656007/
After Alabama’s longest strike, Warrior Met Coal workers prepare to return to mines
al.com/business/2023/02/after-alabamas-longest-strike-warrior-met-coal-workers-prepare-to-return-to-mines.html
Interfaith group calls on Warrior Met Coal to end 22-month miner’s strike: The strike began on April 1, 2021 and has continued since.
al.com/business/2023/02/interfaith-group-calls-on-warrior-met-coal-to-end-22-month-miners-strike.html
‘Holidays are the hardest’: striking US workers rally round over festive season: Mine workers in Alabama among those organizing gift drives and strike funds to ...
theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/21/holidays-strikes-us-workers-christmas
Opinion | Can the US Labor Movement Rise Again?: Is the working class experiencing a new CIO moment?
commondreams.org/views/2022/10/10/can-us-labor-movement-rise-again
Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello Joins Striking Coal Miners: Longtime advocate of workers' rights on why he's lending his support to the United Mine ...
rollingstone.com/music/music-features/tom-morello-alabama-coal-miners-strike-1234587655/
A Coal Miner’s Political Transformation: What Braxton Wright has learned by participating in one of the longest work stoppages in U.S. history.
nytimes.com/2022/08/22/podcasts/the-daily/alabama-coal-mine-strike.html
Mine Workers union head: Criticism of Manchin over climate bill 'absolute bull': "This is one of the first times Congress can actually take steps to support the ...
businessinsider.com/manchin-roberts-west-virginia-coal-mine-workers-union-climate-bill-2022-8
Warrior Met Coal strike drags on after 16 months: No easy path forward, experts say
al.com/news/2022/09/warrior-met-coal-strike-drags-on-after-16-months-no-easy-path-forward-experts-say.html
Paid articlePaid Striking Alabama coal miners to pay $435,000 in damages: The National Labor Relations Board originally ordered the United Mine Workers of America to pay $13 ...
al.com/news/2022/09/striking-alabama-coal-miners-to-pay-435000-in-damages.html
Paid articlePaid Labor Board Orders Striking Coal Miners to Pay $13.3 Million in Damages: The National Labor Relations Board has ordered a union of striking coal miners in ...
democracynow.org/2022/8/4/headlines/labor_board_orders_striking_coal_miners_to_pay_133_million_in_damages
Striking Alabama miners say company attempting to fire 40 workers: According to the United Mine Workers of America, Warrior Met Coal "has been threatening ...
al.com/news/2022/09/striking-alabama-miners-say-company-attempting-to-fire-40-workers.html
Paid articlePaid Alabama GE worker helping lead union effort despite breast cancer wants ‘voices to be heard’
al.com/business/2022/08/alabama-ge-worker-helping-lead-union-effort-despite-breast-cancer-wants-voices-to-be-heard.html
Paid articlePaid Roberts, Malhotra: A future in clean energy transition (Opinion): West Virginia’s coal miners and an innovative battery company born from America’s leading ...
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Ongoing Warrior Met Coal strike cost company $6.3 million in second quarter: The ongoing United Mine Workers of America strike began April 1, 2021.
al.com/business/2022/08/ongoing-warrior-met-coal-strike-cost-company-63-million-in-second-quarter.html
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