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Justice in the Coalfields

199557mAnne Lewis Johnson

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This film demonstrates how labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people. The documentary follows the 1988 United Mine Workers strike against the Pittston Coal Company that followed the expiration of their contract and Pittston's termination of the medical benefits of 1,500 pensioners, widows, and disabled miners.

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Labor UnionCoal MiningCoal MineCoal Workers

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What is Justice in the Coalfields (1995) about?

This film demonstrates how labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people. The documentary follows the 1988 United Mine Workers strike against the Pittston Coal Company that followed the expiration of their contract and Pittston's termination of the medical benefits of 1,500 pensioners, widows, and disabled miners.

How long is Justice in the Coalfields?

Justice in the Coalfields has a runtime of 57 min and premiered in 1995.

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