From Payday Report: Harlan County Miners Win Partial Backpay After Week of Blockade

For the last week, a group of non-union coal miners has been blockading a train full of over $1 million worth of coal from leaving Blackjewel’s Cloverlick mine in Harlan County, Kentucky. 

The workers were blockading the train because after Blackjewel declared bankruptcy in early July, the workers weren’t paid. Indeed, many paychecks given to miners prior to the bankruptcy bounced; throwing many miners into financial crisis.

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