{"id":118359,"date":"2021-04-12T21:31:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T21:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/?p=270662"},"modified":"2021-04-12T21:31:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T21:31:16","slug":"coal-miners-in-alabama-are-striking-for-their-fair-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/04\/12\/coal-miners-in-alabama-are-striking-for-their-fair-share\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal miners in Alabama are striking for their fair share"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: On Strike at Warrior Met Coal (w\/ Jacob Morrison &amp; Lee Bains III)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/2xxZGTyhPBUMxR5knXwM4c?si=prbI7QcUQBeu8_5ACNXRTA&#038;nd=1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, April 1, around 1,100 coal miners at Warrior Met Coal in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, went on strike. After the bargaining unit with the United Mine Workers of America reached a tentative agreement with the company last week, the membership overwhelmingly rejected it and opted to remain on strike. In order to cover this important strike and spread these workers&#8217; stories, we&#8217;ve teamed up with Jacob Morrison, a union organizer and cohost of \u201cThe Valley Labor Report,\u201d Alabama&#8217;s only weekly labor radio talk show, and Alabama musician Lee Bains III of The Glory Fires. Morrison and Bains went down to the Warrior Met Coal picket line to talk with striking miners, play some music, and show solidarity. In this special episode of \u201cWorking People,\u201d we&#8217;ve compiled clips from Bains\u2019 live musical performance, as well as Morrison\u2019s interviews on the picket line and at the local UMWA union hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>links\/info<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>below&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>United Mine Workers of America&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/umwa.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UMWAunion\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;page, and&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MineWorkers\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;page<\/li><li>Jacob&#8217;s&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacobM_AL\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;page<\/li><li>The Valley Labor Report&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCiLKIzygHK55vhP-OwrUs4A\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;channel,&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheValleyLaborReport\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;page,&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaborReporters\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;page, and&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TheValleyLaborReport\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patreon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li>Lee&#8217;s&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGloryFires\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;page<\/li><li>The Glory Fires&#8217;&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.thegloryfires.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thegloryfires\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;page,&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/gloryfires\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGloryFires\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;page<\/li><li>William Thornton,&nbsp;<a  href=\"http:\/\/al.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AL.com<\/a>, &#8220;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/business\/2021\/03\/1100-west-alabama-mine-workers-announce-plan-to-go-on-strike.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1,100 West Alabama Mine Workers Announce Plan to Go on Strike<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;<\/li><li>Jason Morton, The Tuscaloosa News, &#8220;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tuscaloosanews.com\/story\/news\/2021\/03\/31\/united-mine-workers-america-announce-strike-warrior-met-coal\/4822313001\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Union Announces Strike for Brookwood Miners at Warrior Met Coal<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;<\/li><li>Jason Morton, The Tuscaloosa News, &#8220;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tuscaloosanews.com\/story\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/united-mine-workers-america-end-alabama-warrior-met-coal-strike\/7103872002\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Union Announces Tentative Deal to End Brookwood Coal Mine Strike<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;<\/li><li>UMWA Press Release: &#8220;<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/umwa.org\/news-media\/press\/tentative-agreement-reached-at-warrior-met\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tentative Agreement Reached at Warrior Met<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Featured<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Music<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(all<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>songs<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>sourced<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>from<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>the<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Free<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Music<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Archive:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><a  href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">freemusicarchive.org<\/a><\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Jules Taylor, &#8220;Working People Theme Song&#8221;<\/li><li>Lee Bains III, live performance at Warrior Met Coal strike (April 2021)<\/li><li>Jules Taylor, \u201c<a  href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/julestaylormusicsongwhip\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cradle to the Grave<\/a>\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/coal-miners-in-alabama-are-striking-for-their-fair-share\">Coal miners in Alabama are striking for their fair share<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/\">The Real News Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/coal-miners-in-alabama-are-striking-for-their-fair-share\">The Real News Network<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miners at Warrior Met Coal sacrificed and made concessions when the company they worked for went bankrupt in 2016. Now that the mines are more productive than ever and bringing in more profits, they\u2019re being asked to give up more.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/coal-miners-in-alabama-are-striking-for-their-fair-share\">Coal miners in Alabama are striking for their fair share<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/\">The Real News Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":247,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5942,453,5578],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118360,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118359\/revisions\/118360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}