- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "Religious Community Responds to Mine Workers' Strike", October 1989
- Date of Original:
- 1989-10
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements
Political participation
Human rights
Religious broadcasting
Labor - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- newsletters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newsletter discussing the religious community's response to a mining labor strike in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky, after Pittson Coal Company miners worked 14 months without a contract and the company withdrew from the Bituminous Coal Operators Association, a multi-employer bargaining group which negotiated contracts covering mining employees who were members of the UMWA. The newsletter included an interfaith statement of support calling for reconciliation and resolution between the parties. 2 pages.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1802
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: achives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076 - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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