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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…

Apr. 5, 2024

Black Lung Screenings in Your Area

Attention Coal Miners!   The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will offer black lung screenings at no…

Apr. 3, 2024

City of Nitro Holds Event to Honor Vietnam War Veterans

Source: WVMetroNews March 31, 2024   NITRO, W.Va. — The West Virginia Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America honored U.S.…

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May 21, 2020

Matewan massacre remembered 100 years later

Source: WV MetroNews   CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tuesday marks the 100th anniversary of the Matewan massacre, in which Mingo County officials and detectives with Baldwin-Felts Detectives Inc. engaged in a conflict that would lead to the West Virginia Mine War. Thirteen detectives traveled to Matewan to evict union coal miners out of their homes, which were owned by […]

May 10, 2020

Cecil Roberts: Postal Service a lifeline for rural West Virginia

Source: West Virginia Gazette May 9, 2020   In the midst of the gravest crisis our nation has confronted in decades, it is beyond disappointing to see national political leaders use the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to destroy the United States Postal Service. The refusal by the White House and others in Congress to […]

May 8, 2020

Mine workers’ union supports Salvation Army

Source: Estevan  May 07, 2020 Estevan Salvation Army director of ministry Ronza Reynard accepts a cheque for $3,000 from Ashley Johnson, the financial secretary for the United Mine Workers of America Local 7606. The union recently made the cheque presentation through a collection that they had for the food bank. Johnson said they chose to […]

Apr. 29, 2020

UMWA furious over Consol’s motion to dissolve Murray Energy

Source: WV MetroNews April 29, 2020   CHARLESTON, W.Va.– The United Mine Workers of America is livid over a request by Consol Energy to have the assets of bankrupt coal producer Murray Energy liquidated. Consol, one of Murray’s largest creditors, recently asked a bankruptcy judge to change the company’s Chapter 11 filing in which they […]

Apr. 27, 2020

Dr Cohen’s letter concerning DOL’s Black Lung examinations during the Coronavirus pandemic

Dr. Cohen, the principal investigator of the Black Lung Clinic Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago, sent the following letter to the nation’s black lung clinics this week. The letter is in regards to the Department of Labor’s Black Lung examination policy during the Coronavirus pandemic. Because miners with black lung are at […]

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