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Management - Labor Relations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]  
Management - Labor Relations Management — Labor Relations On December 31, 2022, the Company had approximately 5,500 employees worldwide, including approximately 4,300 hourly employees; the employee amounts exclude employees that were employed at operations classified as discontinued operations. Approximately 34% of those hourly employees were represented by organized labor unions and were employed by mines that generated 16% of the Company’s 2022 coal production from continuing operations. In the U.S., the hourly employees of one active mine and one inactive mine are represented by an organized labor union. In Australia, the coal mining industry is unionized and the majority of hourly workers employed at the Company’s Australian mining operations are members of trade unions. The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) generally represents the Company’s Australian subsidiaries’ hourly production and engineering employees, including those employed through contract mining relationships.
The following table presents the Company’s active and inactive mining operations as of December 31, 2022 in which the employees are represented by organized labor unions:
MineApproximate Number of Active Employees RepresentedUnionCurrent Agreement Expiration Date or Date Amendable
U.S.
Kayenta20UMWANovember 2024
Shoal Creek330UMWADecember 2024
Australia
Wilpinjong465CFMMEUJune 2024
Coppabella330CFMMEUFebruary 2026
Moorvale (1)
225N/AJune 2023
Metropolitan
Underground employees150CFMMEUMay 2025
Handling and preparation plant employees (2)
20CFMMEUMay 2021
Wambo Underground
Underground employees120CFMMEUNovember 2025
Handling and preparation plant employees20CFMMEUAugust 2025
(1)    Employees of the Moorvale Mine operate on individual contracts under a direct engagement model. Such contracts are modeled after the Company’s former labor agreement with CFMMEU which ended in 2017. According to a memorandum of understanding between the Company and employees, individual contracts may be renegotiated in June 2023.
(2)    The Company, employees and the CFMMEU are currently negotiating a new labor agreement.