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Official statements, strike updates, collective bargaining dispatches, and public policy alerts from the West Virginia AFL-CIO communications bureau.
Charleston, W.Va. - Karen Gorrell, an activist working to win back health-care benefits for retired Century Aluminum workers and their wives, visited Charleston Monday to protest the Ravenswood company's decision to stop paying their health-care benefits.
Gorrell was one of nine retirees and their wives who held signs in front of the federal courthouse in Charleston and the state Capitol. They later met with political leaders.
"When working men and women stand united across our valleys and hollows, there is no legislative hurdle we cannot overcome and no picket line we cannot hold."
Josh Sword
President, West Virginia AFL-CIO
