Alabama Strike Continues

The miners, who dig or process metallurgical-grade coal used in steel, agreed to a $6 an hour pay cut, reduced health care coverage and a seven-day work week with little overtime pay.While the industry standard is $30 an hour, they make $23 with only three paid holidays a year.The unending pace of w...

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Published inAgainst the current Vol. 36; no. 4; p. 7
Main Authors Carter, Zack, Feeley, Dianne
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Detroit Against the Current 01.09.2021
Subjects
Advisors
Coal
Contract negotiations
Court decisions
Flight attendants
Parks & recreation areas
Voting Rights Act
Working conditions
United States > US
Alabama
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Summary:The miners, who dig or process metallurgical-grade coal used in steel, agreed to a $6 an hour pay cut, reduced health care coverage and a seven-day work week with little overtime pay.While the industry standard is $30 an hour, they make $23 with only three paid holidays a year.The unending pace of work - compounded by a four-absences-for-any-reasonand-you're-fired policy - has added to the unsafe working conditions. Speakers have included local and regional UMWA officials as well as Sara Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA,AFLClO.With the help of the UMWA District 20, miners and their families traveled by bus to Wall Street in June and again in July to picket and rally, meeting up with New York City trade unionists. Holder Supreme Court decision that struck down a critical section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, striking coal miners attended a panel and event on voting rights held in a park a few miles south of the Shelby County Courthouse.
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ISSN:0739-4853