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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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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78 men were lost in the 1968 explosion of a coal mine in Farmington, gathering right atop the sealed-off shaft—the final resting place for 19 unrecovered miners. This tragedy didn't just devastate a community; it fueled a national fight for safety, leading to the landmark 1969 Mine Safety Act. #FarmingtonMineDisaster #WestVirginia #WVHistory #MineSafety #CoalMining #NeverForget #HistoryTok #LocalNews #Appalachia #WVNews | WV News
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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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