USW Wins $50K In Back Pay For Laid-Off Ala. Steelworker

By Emily Brill · April 3, 2026, 7:54 PM EDT

The operator of a shuttered coal processing plant in Birmingham, Alabama, must give a former employee about $50,000 in back pay after laying him off in violation of a union contract's...

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Case Title

United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC v. Bluestone Coke LLC et al

Case Number

Court

Alabama Northern

Nature of Suit

720 Labor: Labor/Mgt. Relations

Date Filed

October 18, 2024

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