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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 Warrior Met company page. I have helpfully underlined the salient points:
The visionary developer and the âvoiceâ of the Seven Lakes community were honored on Saturday when side-by-side bronze plaques were unveiled at the villageâs business green to recognize Fred Lawrence and Greg Hankins.
Organizer Alan Geiger of the Seven Lakes Village Beautification Committee said the project had been underway for the last three years.
âWe are so pleased that we were able to do this and have Greg and Fredâs families attend the dedication. That was the most important thing to us,â Geiger said.
A dedication service was held to honor the late Greg Hankins and late Fred Lawrence on April 10, 2021, at the Seven Lakes village business green. COVID-19 restrictions were in place which limited the crowd size.