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Warrior Met Coal miners rally one year into strike

Warrior Met Coal miners rally one year into strike
INFORMATION ON AIR AND ALSO ON THE WVTM 13 APP. GUY: FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR, WORKERS AT WARRIOR MET COAL HAVE BEEONN STRIKE. THE FIRST MINER STRIKE IN MORE THAN 25 YEARS. TODAY THEY CAME TOGETHER TO SHOW THEY AREN’T BACKG INDOWN, AS THEY DEMAND BETTER WORK CONDIOITNS AND RESPECT. WVTM 13’S MATTIE DAVIS WENT THE RALLY AT TANNEHILL STATE PARK. >> NOT ONE STEP BACK. MATTIE: REDUCED WAGES, OUT OF POCKET COSTS FOR HEALTH CARE, SIX DAY WORK WEEKS, AND A POLICY DEPRIVING TIME OFF FOR FAMYIL EMERGENCIES. CONDITIONS SOME WARRIOR MET ALCO WORKERS SAY THEY ACCEPTED FOR FI YVEEARS UNTIL THEY HAD ENOU.GH >> WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS STRIKE. WE DID NOT GET IN IT TO LOSE IT. ALL WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS RESPECT. MATTIE: NOW ON STRIKE FOR OVER A YEAR, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEMBERS GATHERED AT TANNEHILL STATE PARK FOR WHAT MAY BE THE LARGEST LABOR RALLY THE STATE OF ALABAMA HASVER E SEEN. >> THE ENTIRE LABOR MOVEMENT IS STANDING UP AND BEHIND THESE WORKERS. WE WON’T BACK DOWN AND WE WON’T TURN AROUND. WE G IN OTTHIS TO WIN IT AND WE ARE GOING TO. MATTIE: THESE BUSES HOLDING THOUSANDS, LOADING UP AND TAKING OFF TO WARRIOR MET COAL TOTHERGE TO MAKE THEIR STAN.CE THEY DEMAND THE COMPANY TO SPTO PUTTING PROFITS OVER PEOPLE. >> OUR PEOPLE WANT TO GO BK TOAC WORK BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GO BACK UNDER SUPPSSREION. MATTIE: SUPPORTERS COMING FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. [CHEERS] >>E W HAVE PEOPLE HERE FROM WEST VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA, KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE. MATTIE: MAKING THSTE ATEMENT THAT THEY WON’T GIVE UP UNLTI AND RESPECT. >> IF WE GET WHAT WE WERE PROMISED, TH WENE ARE READY TO GO BACK TO WORK, BUT WE’LL STAY HERE UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER. >> WHEN WE FIGHT W,E WIN! MATT:IE MATTIE DAVIS, WVTM 13. Y:GU WE REACHED OUT
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Warrior Met Coal miners rally one year into strike
To mark an entire year on strike, workers at Warrior Met Coal came together to show they aren't backing down as they demand better working conditions and respect. Watch the full story above.

To mark an entire year on strike, workers at Warrior Met Coal came together to show they aren't backing down as they demand better working conditions and respect. Watch the full story above.

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