Pittston Coal strike

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The Pittston Coal strike was a major late-1980s labor dispute in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky, where coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America staged prolonged protests and civil disobedience against the Pittston Coal Company over cuts to health and retirement benefits.


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