Miners union to Walter Energy: 'It can't always be about more money. Judas had more money'
Source: Al.com
By Kelly Poe
The union miners of Walter Energy sent a clear message to executives at a demonstration Wednesday: respect our contracts or lose our labor.
"We've got a union that will fight you in the court house. We will fight out in the White House. We will fight you in the halls of congress, and yes, we will fight you in the pickets if we have to," United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts said to a crowd of about 2,000 at Brookwood City Park Wednesday morning.
It's the union's latest attempt to defend its health benefits and pensions while the executives at Walter seek concessions as it struggles to get out of bankruptcy.
Walter Energy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July, declaring plans to emerge "reorganized and debt free" by February. Executives had said they're seeking significant concessions from the union, citing that the price of coal is less than a third of what it was when union contracts were negotiated.
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Active and retired Walter Energy miners held a rally with the United Mine Workers of America at Brookwood City Park. The miners are fighting a cutoff of pension benefits and health care. Miners retake the union oath during the rally. (Joe Songer/jsonger@al.com).
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