Working Class HistoryMar 6
📣 New Podcast! "UK Coal Miners Bring down Conservative Government" on @Spreaker #1970s_uk #1974_british #1974_edward #britain_national #coal #crisis #day #election #energy #heath #labor #miners #mineworkers #movement #of #strike #strike_three #uk #union #week
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/uk-coal-miners-bring-down-conservative-government--70369198
UK Coal Miners Bring down Conservative Government

On this day, 6 March 1974, UK coal miners called off their four-week strike after accepting a 35% pay offer in a massive victory, which had already brought down

Spreaker
Show threadPeter RileyFeb 21

@workingclasshistory

https://revolutionsnewsstand.com/2026/02/15/one-big-union-the-need-of-all-mine-workers-by-frank-little-from-solidarity-vol-8-no-393-july-21-1917/

#iww #frankLittle #Labourmovement #mineworkers #OneBigUnion #Solidarity

‘One Big Union the Need of All Mine Workers’ by Frank Little from Solidarity. Vol. 8 No. 393. July 21, 1917.

Frank Little was driven, a warrior to the end. Organizing for the Metal Mine Workers Industrial Union, Below are some of his last pieces published while alive as Solidarity prints several items on …

Revolution's Newsstand
Peter RileyDec 12

https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-trump-administration-has-found-a-sneaky-way-to-keep-killing-coal-miners

#Appalachia #LabourMovement #mineworkers #Organize #Silicosis #Solidarity #Trumpocracy #unions
#UMWA

The Trump Administration Has Found a Sneaky Way to Keep Killing Coal Miners

A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and address Appalachia’s ongoing black lung crisis—has been under continued assault. Now, it looks like it's off the table.

In These Times
Show threadPeter RileyDec 6

@workingclasshistory

Grace Golden Clayton suggested to her minister that he honour all fathers at a Sunday service, which he did on 5 July 1908.
Sonora Smart Dodd attempted to establish an official equivalent to Mother's Day for fathers, which was implemented statewide in 1910. It grew from there was established as a federal holiday in 1972.

Sources
http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/fathers-day

https://libcom.org/history/monongah-mining-disaster-1907-steven-johns

#FathersDay #migrantworkers #mineworkers #Monongah #WestVirginia

HISTORY

The HISTORY Channel - Geschichte erleben! The HISTORY Channel ist der deutschsprachige Pay-TV-Sender für spannende Dokumentationen und macht die Faszination von Menschen und Ereignissen täglich greifbar!

HISTORY
Steve Dustcircle 🌹Oct 23

#Mineworkers Are Not Backing Down This #Election Season

https://barnraisingmedia.com/mineworkers-are-not-backing-down-this-election-season

Mineworkers Are Not Backing Down This Election Season

The Trump administration made huge promises to coal workers. UMWA organizers say the administration has abandoned coal workers.

Barn Raiser
Show threadPeter RileyOct 21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODg9gW-ZTJI

#BlackLung #HazelDickens #MineWorkers #workingpoor #workingclasshistory

Hazel Dickens Performs "Black Lung"

YouTube
Peter RileyOct 21

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-coal-miners-silica-protest/

#LabourMovement #mineworkers #Silica

Trump Has Handed Coal Miners a “Death Sentence.” But They’re Not Going Without a Fight.

After the government betrayed them by refusing to enforce a crucial workplace health rule, a group of coal miners traveled to DC to put Trump on notice.

The Nation
Show threadPeter RileyAug 22, 2025

@workingclasshistory @pasttense

We are doing the work today for the master, because we are organized on
the basis of being slaves.
-Andrej Klemenčič, 1905

https://thetransmetropolitanreview.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/the-iww-writings-of-andrej-klemencic/

#Colorado #iww #mineworkers #workingclasshistory

The IWW Writings of Andrej Klemenčič

Andrej was involved in conversations with prominent anarchists and WFM members, all of whom wished to create an organization that could withstand the type of repression they faced during the Colora…

the transmetropolitan review
Peter RileyAug 15, 2025

‘They don’t care:’ Advocates for miners with black lung worry as silica dust rule delayed again.

The rule — which would cut allowable exposure to silica dust in half — was supposed to go into effect in April, then August and now, depending on the courts, is likely delayed until October

https://westvirginiawatch.com/2025/08/14/they-dont-care-advocates-for-miners-with-black-lung-worry-as-silica-dust-rule-delayed-again/

#BlackLung #mineworkers #SilicaDust #WestVirginia

Peter RileyAug 10, 2025

#RememberMarikana

https://mg.co.za/article/2016-08-16-remembermarikana-the-37-miners-killed-at-marikana-on-13-and-16-august-2012/

Massacre https://sahistory.org.za/article/marikana-massacre-16-august-2012

On 10 August 2012, workers at the British-owned #Lonmin mine walked out on a #wildcatstrike demanding better pay.
The strike would become best known for a massacre of workers on August 16, but it continued until late September when workers were successful in achieving pay increases of between 11 and 22%.

https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/11364/marikana-miners-strike

Prequel
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-10-12-marikana-prequel-num-and-the-murders-that-started-it-all/

#marikana #mineworkers #strike #workingclasshistory

#RememberMarikana: The miners killed at Marikana on 13 and 16 August 2012

This list was compiled by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (Seri).

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