Posts tagged Larry Spencer

    News Article ● Labor Strike

    Union official blasts Tuberville for Warrior Met Coal strike hearing comments

    February 21, 2022 // Larry Spencer, vice president of District 20 in the United Mine Workers of America, in a letter to Tuberville (R-Alabama) dated Friday, said the junior Alabama senator had not “reached out in any way to help get this matter resolved.”

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    News Article ● Strike Unionization

    Alabama coalminers on strike for 10 months vow not to be ‘starved out’

    January 25, 2022 // Haeden Wright, president of the United Mine Workers of America auxiliary for two of the striking locals and the wife of a striking miner…Wright’s husband, Braxton, has taken a temporary job during the strike at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama, where he has become involved in supporting the unionization efforts at the warehouse.

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