Nearly 1,100 miners were joined by union advocates in New York on Wednesday to protest unfair treatment by Warrior Met Coal, reports The Guardian. After dramatically cutting wages while declaring bankruptcy in 2015, Warrior Met Coal has also made work conditions stricter.
“We have debt collectors all over our people because we can’t afford to pay these bills,” Kelly said. “There used to be a little respect for people who go down there… and this company just lost all respect for us.”