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Apr. 24, 2024

Members Only - UMWA Reaches Agreement with Maple Grove Center

  The United Mine Workers of America has reached a new agreement with Maple Grove Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in…

Apr. 21, 2024

Members Only - UMWA Strikes Deal with Somerset County Commissioners

  The UMWA reached a new agreement with Somerset County in Pennsylvania, covering 38 members of Local Union 2007 in…

Apr. 9, 2024

Associate Membership Spotlight

Phylis Mooney   Sister Mooney's commitment to the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) spans over a decade, making her…

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Jul. 12, 2021

COAL MINERS RESCUE STRANDED MOTHER IN BROOKWOOD, ALABAMA

Source: Tuscaloosa Thread July 12, 2021 Picture this: you’re driving in the Alabama heat with your two-month-old child. It’s late; you’re tired, and you’re ready to get back home when you have the sinking realization that you car is about to run out of gas. Local resident Lacy Brown found herself in this exact situation. […]

Jul. 9, 2021

Striking Alabama Miners Are Done Playing Nice

Source: In These Times.com July 9, 2021   Hundreds of UMWA miners remain on the picket line at the Warrior Met Coal mine.   BROOKWOOD, ALA. — ​“You ain’t working tonight!”   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 to block strikebreakers […]

Jun. 29, 2021

Union Plus: Found your fit? Tell your fellow union members

Source: Union Plus June 29, 2021     Let your fellow union members know that you’ve found a great fit with MetLife Auto & Home®. When you refer another union member and he/she gets an auto insurance quote, we’ll mail you a $20 gas card to say thanks.* Spread the word. Tell your fellow union […]

Jun. 29, 2021

Striking Alabama Miners Call Out NYC Hedge Funds for Bringing in Scabs

Source: LaborPress.org June 23, 2021   NEW YORK, N.Y.—You take a six-dollar pay cut and what do you get? Five years older and no respect for the sacrifices you made to get your employer out of bankruptcy, say the striking Alabama coal miners who protested outside the Manhattan offices of three hedge funds on June […]

Jun. 23, 2021

Striking Alabama coal miners take protest to Wall Street

Source: AL.com June 22, 2021 About 14 striking Alabama mine workers have taken their case to Wall Street this morning. Chanting “no contract, no coal,” the miners today launched the latest step in a strike that began April 1 for a new contract with Warrior Met Coal. United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts […]

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