Union advocates rally in New York to support striking Alabama coalminers

1,100 workers from two Warrior Met Coal mines in Brookwood have been on strike since April amid contract negotiations

Coal miners and union advocates from across the country rallied in New York on Wednesday morning in support of Alabama miners who are four months into a strike against their employer, Warrior Met Coal.

Dressed in camouflage T-shirts with the slogan We Are Everywhere", members of the United Mine Workers Association (UMWA) gathered in midtown Manhattan in front of the headquarters of BlackRock, a hedge fund that is Warrior Met Coal's largest investor.