Twenty-three months and one day after walking off the job, hundreds of miners are expected to return to work today following what is believed to be the longest strike in Alabama history. Negotiations for a new labor deal are expected to continue.
Warrior Met had asked for the union’s assistance “so that we can begin the process for a safe and orderly return to work by those employees who have been on strike and have expressed a desire to return to work.”
Each employee was expected to undergo a physical, drug screening, and regulatory safety training. Negotiations for a new labor deal are expected to continue.The strike began April 1, 2021, when approximately 1,100 union members walked off the job, seeking better pay and benefits that they say were part of an earlier contract negotiated under Warrior Met’s corporate predecessor.
According to the union, concessions to keep the company afloat back in 2016 were not restored in subsequent contract offers. The union overwhelmingly voted down a tentative offer made a few weeks into the walkout, and the strike carried on through pickets and protests in New York.
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