Coal wars : the battle in Rum Creek / produced by Kathleen Foster.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Foster, Kathleen.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Global business and economics in video

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal mines and mining--West Virginia.

Coal mines and mining.

Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--West Virginia.

Strikes and lockouts.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (28 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1993.

Language Note:

This edition in English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

Filmed in an isolated hollow of West Virginia, this stirring documentary shows the violent clash between miners and the two giant coal companies which dominate their lives. Their action was part of a national strike called by the United Mineworkers Association in 1989-90. Rum Creek had a history of militancy going back to the 1920s. The lessons learned back then color the miners ideas and actions today. Wives and daughters have always fought alongside miners. Here, two young women speak passionately about the need to stand firm on matters of wage and benefits, or their very existence will be threatened. A retired black miner, a lifelong union activist, gives his perspective on the decline of the coal industry, sudden layoffs and shrinking union membership. When the strike was settled, the miners felt that both the owners and the unions had gained, but that the workers lost out.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

Other Format:

482

ISBN:

9781503406933

OCLC:

780745701

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.