United Mine Workers picnic in Boone County draws union leaders and political candidates
The United Mine Workers of America held its annual picnic in Boone County on Monday. This was the 86th edition of the Labor ...
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UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA v. PENNINGTON et al. (1965)
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA v. PENNINGTON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1965. The case was argued before the court on January 27, 1965. In a ...
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Striking Alabama Miners Are Done Playing Nice
on June 15. Courtesy of UMWA communications That was one of the picket line chants heard June 15 as several hundred members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and their allies attempted ...
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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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The Mine Wars: Chapter 1
The United Mine Workers of America had successfully organized other mining operations in the U.S., but West Virginia remained tightly controlled by the coal company operators.