Seeking justice, Alabama coal miners take strike to BlackRock s NYC headquarters redgreenandblue.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from redgreenandblue.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Miners and labor activists from states including New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Dakota, and West Virginia joined the picket lines in a show of solidarity with UMWA workers at Alabama’s Brookwood Mine, operated by Warrior Met Coal, of which BlackRock is the largest shareholder. The Alabama miners have been on strike for over four months as they seek a new collective bargaining agreement with Warrior Met.
UMWA Miners saved Warrior Met. We made the sacrifices that brought this company out of bankruptcy. While upper management was getting bonuses, UMWA miners took pay and benefit cuts. The productive, professional miners at Warrior Met mined the coal that meant the company could become successful again.