Consumer Law
Alabama Coal Miners Are Fighting for Better Wages and Benefits
About 1,100 coalminers represented by the United Mine Workers of America in Brookwood, Alabama, have been on strike since the start of April against Warrior Met Coal amid new union contract negotiations.
As the strike heads into its third month, workers are fighting for improvements to wages and benefits after they say several concessions were made by workers under the previous contract in 2016 when Warrior Met Coal took control of the mines in the wake of a bankruptcy filing by Walter Energy.
The strike has energized support across the state and other parts of the south, in an area that has traditionally been hostile to labor disputes.
