More than 1,100 mine workers at Warrior Met Coal in west Alabama began a strike at 10:30 p.m. last night. The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced the decision to strike on Wednesday on the grounds of an unfair labor practice by the company. The timing of the strike coincided with the beginning of a new contract, set to begin yesterday. The action represents the latest development in a strike wave that has swept the US. This past month alone has seen steelworkers’ strikes at Allegheny Technologies in Pennsylvania and Bradken in Kansas, a strike by nurses at St. Vincent hospital in Massachusetts and a strike amongst graduate student workers at Columbia University in New York City.
— source wsws.org | 1 Apr 2021