It seems to me that this is a fundamental matter for people who are concerned about working-class religious and spiritual matters.
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How Private Equity Firms Caused The UMWA Strike In Brookwood, Alabama
February 18, 2022
Source: Patch.com
Here’s an in-depth look at how ongoing business practices have impacted striking blue-collar workers for one west Alabama coal producer.
Severe storms had done a number on the picket line, which had been active for 325 days as of the publication of this story. The site’s portable toilet had been blown over by the wind and some of the ground signs were upended.
The empty picket line also stood in stark contrast to the operations directly across the road in the seemingly-busy offices of Warrior Met Coal.
But it was around the same time this reporter was leaving the site that Braxton and Haeden Wright, along with numerous other striking UMWA members, prepared to board a flight back to Alabama from Washington, D.C.
Read the whole story here.
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