Today in Southern labor history, we remember the Pittston Coal strike. In the late 1980s, Pittston Coal tried to boost profits by cutting healthcare for retired miners, slashing coverage for active workers, and running mines 7 days a week with no overtime. When United Mine Workers of America tried to bargain, the company refused — leaving 1,500 workers without health benefits. On April 5, 1989, 2,000 miners in Virginia walked out. Workers organized militant, largely nonviolent protests and block
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Pittston Coal Company terminated medical benefits for 1,500 miners and their families—so the community walked out, protested, & rallied. The strike started on this day in 1989 & kept it up for nearly a year. We remember and honor them. Learn more in our documentary "Justice in the Coalfields" on our YouTube: https://loom.ly/hLbt5mg 📸 Appalshop, "Justice in the Coalfields" 1995, Anne Lewis #Appalachia #Appalachians #AppalachianMountains #Mountain #MountainLife #MountainPeople #MountainStories #M
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In 1972 a coal-waste dam owned by the Pittston Company collapsed at the head of a crowded hollow in southern West Virginia. A wall of sludge, debris, and water tore through the valley below, leaving in its wake 125 dead and 4,000 homeless. The Pittston Company, however, continued to deny any wrongdoing, maintaining that the disaster was an “act of God." Watch the full film here: https://loom.ly/C_LCPPw 📸 Appalshop, “The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man,” Mimi Pickering, 1975 #BuffaloCreek #Fl
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April 5, 1989, the United Mine Workers of America went on strike against the Pittston Coal Company. It was because of the determination of our members and the solidarity of the Labor Movement and the community that we ended this strike with a victory. Together we are strong. #UnitedWeStand #Solidarity | United Mine Workers of America
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