The bosses’ lawsuit grows out of the two-year long struggle for a union at the Co-Op mine near the town of Huntington. C.W. Mining, owner of the Co-Op mine, and its allied International Association of United Workers Union are using defamation and other charges to try to tie up the miners and their supporters in court and divert them from the fight for UMWA representation.

Supporters of the Militant Fighting Fund are helping to build the defense campaign for the Militant and publicize the fight of all the defendants against this retributive lawsuit. They plan to participate in AFL-CIO Human Rights Day events December 10 across the country and win support for this important labor defense case.

Recently, Maritime Union of New Zealand Local 13 contributed another $500 to the Fighting Fund and several of the principal officers of the union signed on as endorsers.
 
 
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