{"id":3595,"date":"2023-04-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/?p=3595"},"modified":"2023-06-29T18:52:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:52:21","slug":"warrior-met-coal-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/warrior-met-coal-strike","title":{"rendered":"How Management Won the Warrior Met Coal Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ken Green<br>CEO &amp; Founder<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniontrack.com\/\">UnionTrack<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the longest worker strikes in Alabama\u2019s history, the Warrior Met Coal miners\u2019 strike, has come to an end with workers no better off than they were when the action began two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workers \u201cdid not win this strike \u2014 and that is tragic,\u201d laments <a href=\"https:\/\/inthesetimes.com\/article\/warrior-met-coal-strike-alabama-umwa-biden-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamilton Nolan<\/a>, labor writer at In These Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the striking workers return to work, many people are wondering how and why it ended this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Start of a Two-Year Strike<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 1, 2021, about 1,000 mine workers at four Warrior Met Coal locations in Alabama went on strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, the company that owned the mines, Walter Energy, declared bankruptcy, and a group of investment firms took over and renamed the company Warrior Met Coal. At that time, the new company asked workers to take a cut in pay and benefits to keep the mines open, but that those benefits would be restored after five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, the company and the workers\u2019 union, the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), began negotiations on a new contract that workers overwhelmingly rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2023\/02\/22\/cipa-f22.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shelley Connor<\/a>, writer for World Socialist Web Site, the 2016 contract cut wages by $6 an hour, and the 2021 contract only raised them $1 per hour \u2014 far below what they were making before they agreed to a pay cut. The 2021 contract also did not remedy the higher out-of-pocket healthcare costs, the longer work days and work weeks, or the \u201cfour-strike\u201d attendance policy. All of this even though the company made enough to pay its CEO over $5 million, notes Connor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These kinds of working conditions will look familiar to anyone who followed the <a href=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/rail-unions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rail workers\u2019 contract negotiations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short, the new contract was not what workers were promised. In a show of solidarity, workers and the UMWA authorized a strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Warrior Met Coal Miners on Strike From Alabama Protest Outside BlackRock Office in Manhattan; warrior met coal strike concept\" class=\"wp-image-3598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image1-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image1-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image1-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image1-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Battle for a Fair Contract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The ensuing two years have been difficult for the picketing workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe company has not been budging,\u201d says labor reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2023\/3\/1\/alabama_warrior_met_coal_strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kim Kelly<\/a>. And the company hasn\u2019t had to because it hasn\u2019t really suffered any setbacks as a result of the worker action. In fact, it has profited from high coal prices over the last couple of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the strike started, Warrior Met brought in replacement workers (called \u201cscabs\u201d) to keep operations going. \u201cSo, throughout the entire strike, or even though these workers have been out, they have been running a skeleton crew, the mines have not been at full capacity, the owners have been able to profit because of those coal prices,\u201d explains Kelly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company has also been able to win injunctions against the protesting workers that prohibit them from picketing within 500 feet of mine entrances. The result: Many striking workers struggled against the restrictions and, disenchanted with the effort, either crossed the picket line or took other jobs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90856238\/warrior-met-strike-alabama-mine-workers-ends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kelly explains<\/a> in a Fast Company article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of these actions gave the company the upper hand in contract negotiations. It rejected workers\u2019 demands and dragged out the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Workers, meanwhile, survived on donations from supporters, $800 strike checks from the UMWA every two weeks, and jobs that paid less than the six-figure salaries workers earned at Warrior Met, <a href=\"https:\/\/wbhm.org\/2023\/as-alabama-coal-miners-strike-nears-end-a-look-at-how-it-started-and-how-it-failed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephan Bisaha<\/a> at the Gulf States Newsroom reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Decision to End the Strike<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, there was little hope that workers and management could reach an agreement. This led to the union\u2019s decision to end the strike and offer an unconditional return to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February 2023, the UMWA issued a statement to striking Warrior Met workers telling them that the strike was over and they could return to work. It also sent an unconditional offer to return to work letter to the company, which meant workers would get back to work under the same conditions they left \u2014 the very conditions they had been protesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, workers lost the battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are entering a new phase of our efforts to win our members and their families the fair and decent contract they need and deserve,\u201d said UMWA International President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2023\/02\/union-tells-striking-warrior-met-coal-miners-to-return-to-work.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cecil Roberts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have been locked into this struggle for 23 months now, and nothing has materially changed. The two sides have essentially fought each other to a draw thus far, despite the company\u2019s unlawful bargaining posture the entire time. The status quo is not good for our members and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/03\/business\/alabama-miners-strike.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Larry Spencer<\/a>, vice president of the United Mine Workers of America, said the strike wasn\u2019t \u201cgoing in the direction it needed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t get the exact outcome we wanted. But it showed people there is a lot of solidarity here and these guys have stuck together, and that is a positive thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Negotiations aren\u2019t done. They will continue as workers get back on the job \u2014 but what they can accomplish remains to be seen, as the union has a lot less leverage than it may have had when the strike began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image3-1.jpg\" alt=\"Warrior Met Coal Miners on Strike From Alabama Protest Outside BlackRock Office in Manhattan; warrior met coal strike concept\" class=\"wp-image-3600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image3-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image3-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image3-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image3-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where Was Wider Support for the Striking Miners?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The big question on many people\u2019s minds as these miners get back to work: Where was the support they needed from national leaders over the last two years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Politicians, legislators, and other labor advocates have been vocally supporting workers as they push to organize workplaces like Amazon, Starbucks, and Trader Joe\u2019s. The federal government has even stepped in to help broker labor deals, like in 2021, when Labor Secretary Marty Walsh mediated agreements for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90690908\/striking-workers-at-kelloggs-just-got-a-new-addition-to-their-picket-line-labor-secretary-marty-walsh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM)<\/a> workers at Kellogg\u2019s and the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-worcester-marty-walsh-731274faa57fc86e73bcedd7c12c1480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Massachusetts Nurses Association<\/a> at St. Vincent Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet very few people had even heard of the Warrior Met Coal strike, which happened in a <a href=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/labor-american-south\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">right-to-work state in the South<\/a>, where a victory would have had momentous implications for the labor movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat these workers are left with in terms of material support from political leaders is virtually nothing, and at a time when the need could not be more urgent,\u201d the team at <a href=\"https:\/\/inthesetimes.com\/article\/warrior-met-coal-miners-strike-democrats-biden-walsh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In These Times<\/a> wrote in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The efforts from workers at Warrior Met Coal demonstrate just how critical it is for labor advocates to work together to protect workers\u2019 rights. \u201cIf we want things to change, we need to get serious about building an organized working-class movement that can fight and win for each other nationwide,\u201d writes <a href=\"https:\/\/jacobin.com\/2023\/03\/joe-biden-administration-warrior-met-coal-miners-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Griscom<\/a>, co-host of Left Reckoning podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As unions come together to grow the labor movement, they can use a tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UnionTrack\u00ae ENGAGE\u00ae<\/a> to engage members in constructive conversations about what they need from their unions and promote solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><small><em>Images used under license from Shutterstock.com.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UMWA called off the Warrior Met Coal strike after two years. 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