Three Warrior Met Coal miners were hurt on Christmas Day when ice fell and crashed into the elevator they were inside, the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office has confirmed.
The United Mine Workers of America are celebrating a small victory after labor leaders significantly revised an order instructing them to pay more than $13 million to Warrior Met Coal.
An Alabama nonprofit has sued Warrior Met Coal alleging the company is polluting waters that eventually flow into the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County.
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.