Minnesota union officer visits striking Utah miners BY ANNE CARROLL, The Militant
HUNTINGTON, Utah—Two important solidarity events for the Utah miners on strike here against CW Mining will take place the first weekend of February. One is a February 6 benefit for the miners in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 789 union hall. The next day, a labor rally and other activities will take place here.
The St. Paul meeting will feature a report back from Ben Miller, organizer and field agent for the Lakes and Plains Regional Council of the Carpenters and Joiners union. Miller visited Utah at the end of January to get a firsthand feel for the four-and-a-half-month union-organizing struggle of the Co-Op coal miners.