Striking Utah miners speak at UMWA locals in West BY GUILLERMO ESQUIVEL AND ANNE CARROLL, The Militant
HUNTINGTON, Utah—Coal miners on strike against C.W. Mining here were invited the first week of May to speak at several United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) locals in the region about their strike, which is into its seventh month.
On May 2, four of the coal strikers from the Huntington mine, known as Co-Op, spoke at the UMWA Local 1984 meeting in Rangely, Colorado. This local organizes coal miners at the Deserado mine, who had walked out for two months in 1999. Local 1984 has supported the Co-Op strikers with a shipment of food, financial donations, and by sending representatives to take part in solidarity rallies in Huntington.