UMWA

The coal miner's strike at Tuscaloosa County's Warrior Met Coal will end after nearly two years, the United Mine Workers of America have announced.

The union representing around 1,000 coal miners who have been on strike since last April said Friday that Warrior Met Coal is moving to fire several dozen strikers.

The union representing Tuscaloosa County miners who have been on strike since last April said they will fight an order to pay Warrior Met Coal more than $13 million.

The United Mine Workers of America spoke out against the recent temporary restraining order issued against the striking miners in Brookwood, citing it's an attack on their right to assemble.

The community has already purchased more than $7,500 in gifts for the families of Tuscaloosa County coal miners who have been on strike for nearly seven months now.

The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Local Union 1948's members voted on Sunday to ratify a new contract at the Shoal Creek metallurgical coal mine, which is owned by Peabody Energy.

The Alabama Miner's Memorial Foundation hosted a memorial for the 20th anniversary of the Brookwood Mine Explosion, which took place on September 23, 2001.

Cheers of "Union!" reverberated through a packed crowd at the Brookwood Ball Field Wednesday as thousands of union members gathered to show their support for striking Warrior Met Coal Miners.

In the latest instance of violence at the Warrior Met Coal picket line, the wife of a striking miner alleges she was struck by a vehicle while peacefully walking the picket line.

A local mother found herself stranded outside of Brookwood, Alabama--until a group of striking miners came to her rescue.