{"id":257977,"date":"2021-07-30T14:05:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularresistance.org\/?p=189790"},"modified":"2021-07-30T14:05:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:05:47","slug":"striking-coal-miners-return-to-new-york-to-picket-investor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/07\/30\/striking-coal-miners-return-to-new-york-to-picket-investor\/","title":{"rendered":"Striking Coal Miners Return To New York To Picket Investor"},"content":{"rendered":"
The miners who dig black rocks from beneath the soil of Alabama returned to New York July 28 to protest outside the steel-clad offices of BlackRock Fund Advisors on East 52nd Street. The investment firm owns 13% of the Warrior Met Coal company in Brookwood, Alabama, where 1,000 miners have been on strike since April 1.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of miners from throughout the Appalachian coal belt filled four police pens on both sides of the block, joined by supporters from a dozen-odd New York unions, cheering loudly when the drivers of Verizon vans, Uber taxis, and food-delivery and garbage trucks passing by honked their horns in support.<\/p>\n
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