coal miners

U.S. officials in the coming days are set to hold the government's biggest coal sales in more than a decade, offering 600 million tons from publicly owned reserves next to strip mines in Montana and Wyoming. Administration officials have advanced coal mine expansions and lease sales in Utah, North Dakota, Tennessee and Alabama, in addition to Montana and Wyoming.

Sloss Furnaces Historic Landmark has released a video telling the stories of Black industrial workers in Birmingham and surrounding communities. The video is split into two segments. The first is about describes how prevalent the use of prison labor was among industrial workplaces like Sloss. The second is about miners who worked in the red iron ore mines.

Miners striking against Warrior Met Coal say they are the targets of violence. Video shows two trucks driving toward picketers and hitting one while…