Benefit for striking coal miners Workday Minnesota: Events Calendar
A benefit will be held Friday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. at the UFCW Local 789 hall, 266 Hardman Ave., South St. Paul, for some 75 miners on strike at the C.W. Mining Co. mine in Huntington, Utah.
The workers went on strike Sept. 22 after management disciplined one worker for trying to organize a union at the mine. Although they do not have official union representation, the workers have garnered support from the United Mine Workers of America and other unions.
The local benefit is being organized by Ben Miller of the Lakes & Plains Regional Council of Carpenters and Bernie Hesse of UFCW Local 789.