The Nation - News from April 25, 1989
The United Mine Workers expanded its strike against the Pittston Coal Group to temporarily include Westmoreland Coal Co. in Cleveland, Va. UMW District 28 President Jackie Stump said union President Richard L. Trumka called the three-day work stoppage at Westmoreland’s mines in western Virginia in part because the company is suspected of filling coal orders for Pittston. Some 1,400 Pittston employees in Virginia and 300 in West Virginia went on strike April 5, accusing the company of unfair practices.
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