A strike like no other strike: Pittston strike holds lessons for today

Female supporters of the strikers

Female supporters of the strikers

Article by the United Mine Workers of America, 20 years on from the 10-month-long Pittston Coal strike in Virginia. As you would expect from an official union account it omits to mention the wildcat strikers and violent acts of sabotage but contains interesting historical information.

Excerpted from United Mine Workers Journal, March-April 2009

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