Longtime Democratic union chief asks party to reach next generation after election loss
Vanity Fair highlighted Democrats like United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts Jr. being skeptical about the ...
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United Mine Workers of America holds memorial service for the 56th Anniversary of the Farmington Mine Disaster
MANNINGTON, W.Va (WDTV) - On Sunday, the United Mine Workers of America and families held a memorial service at the Farmington No. 9 Mine Memorial for the 56th anniversary of the Farmington Mine ...
Utah’s coal mines can’t find enough workers, as the industry changes
In Emery County, fourth-generation coal miner Jared Simms says, “This whole area was raised on coal mining." But at 49, he ...
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United Mine Workers
“You understand we are radical”: the United Mine Workers of America, District 18 and The One Big Union, 1919-1920 The story of the United Mine Workers of America District 18 and their path into, and ...
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Striking Alabama Miners Are Done Playing Nice
United Mine Workers and allies hold the line against Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Ala., on June 15. Courtesy of UMWA communications That was one of the picket line chants heard June 15 as ...
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United Mine Workers host annual Labor Day rally in West Virginia
The United Mine Workers of America hosted its Labor Day picnic and rally at Slack Park in Boone County. All kinds of ...
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Women in the Mine Towns
She became involved with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), and in speeches throughout the coalfields, Mother Jones utilized a visceral form of maternalist politics to advocate for miners.
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Mine workers vote on union deals
Both employee groups, represented by the United Mine Workers of America, voted Thursday and the results became available Friday. The contracts reportedly include varied employee wage increases for ...