Striking Alabama coal miners offer to return to work (February 21)
Alabama coal miners who have been on strike for almost two years have offered to return to work.
The United Mine Workers of America sent a letter Feb. 17 to executives at Warrior Met Coal Inc. offering an unconditional return to work while the union and the company continue to negotiate a new labor agreement.
Cecil E. Roberts, international president of the UMWA, said in a statement Monday that the union has received a response from the company but want answers to a few questions “before we can discuss the next steps with our members.”
About 1,100 union members at Warrior Met Coal facilities in Brookwood, Alabama, went on strike on April 1, 2021. Workers say they sacrificed pay and benefits in 2016 as a cost-saving measure to help keep the mines open, but that those concessions have not been restored. Warrior Met contends it offered workers a competitive package that would protect jobs and the company’s future.
https://apnews.com/article/labor-unions-united-mine-workers-of-america-alabama-birmingham-strikes-05b77faa7459700314c02b190a444535
Sorry if this was posted - it flew under my radar. Very sad.