Posts tagged James Gale Kerns
Former UMWA employee indicted on federal charges
September 2, 2024 // Jerry Gale Kerns is charged with destruction of property by means of an explosive device. He is accused of using an explosive to damage a methane gas pipeline on Warrior Met Coal property on March 23, 2022. At the time miners had been on strike for almost a year. After the explosion, Warrior Met Coal linked it to the on-going labor dispute.