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Apr. 26, 2024

After strike, mine workers union pushes reform proposals before Warrior Met Coal stockholders

SOURCE: AL.COM April 25, 2024 After strike, mine workers union pushes reform proposals before Warrior Met Coal stockholders The United…

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…

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Apr. 30, 2021

Union Plus: Celebrate a Union-Made Cinco de Mayo at Home

Source: Union Plus April 5, 2021 Your Cinco de Mayo may look different this year, but with some creativity, connectivity and some delicious union-made recipes, it can become a fun, socially-distant, fiesta! Did you know that many of your favorite Cinco de Mayo dishes can be made with ingredients picked, produced or packaged by your […]

Apr. 25, 2021

UMWA and clean energy advocates face limits to common ground, setbacks amid infrastructure fight

Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail April 25, 2021   “The pain hasn’t let up.” The United Mine Workers of America summed up the plight of coal miners and their communities midway through a plan released last week for what the union called a “true energy transition,” acknowledging U.S. coal industry employment had dropped 52% from 2011 to December 2020. […]

Apr. 24, 2021

Hoppy Kercheval: WV tired of hearing about ‘just transition’ (Opinion)

Source: WV Gazette Mail April 21, 2021   Do not try to lecture United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts about how the migration away from coal and other carbon-based fuels will be a “just transition,” one that promises that the green economy will provide job opportunities and economic growth in the ravaged coalfields. Roberts, 74, […]

Apr. 22, 2021

Mine Workers’ Leader Wants To Save Last Coal Jobs As Biden Tackles Climate

Source: Ohio Valley Resource  April 20, 2021   United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts said he’s been hearing the term “just transition” tossed around for more than 20 years as part of the long-running, nearly Sisyphean discussion about climate change, clean energy, and coal country. Simply put: he’s not a fan. “I ask […]

Apr. 20, 2021

Manchin and UMW’s Roberts push for federal union legislation and improved economics for coal

Source: MetroNews April 19, 2021 Senator Joe Manchin and United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts together endorsed legislation to strengthen labor unions, pushed for federal investments in carbon capture technology, advocated for using coal to make steel in the United States and called for building up coal-producing communities that have languished in recent years. “We’re […]

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