Apr. 22, 2024
Volume 1: Struggle & Win Editor’s Note: Keeping the UMWA’s history alive and relevant is a critical part of…
Feb. 28, 2024
The Journal: You have just been elected to your seventh five-year term, after already being recognized as the longest…
Dec. 1, 2023
Phil Camden, the current President of Local Union 2236, boasts a remarkable three-decade tenure as a dedicated member of the…
Nov. 9, 2022
Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, a Marine Corps veteran and the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, passed away on June 29th at the age of 98. “Woody was a true hero for many Americans and not just because he was a Medal of Honor winner,” said President Roberts. “Woody was a […]
Nov. 7, 2022
Local Union 1307, based in Diamondville, Wyoming, is the oldest actively coal-producing local in our union and is still producing coal today. The local has been producing coal for over 110 years. Members of Local Union 1307 meet at the Search and Rescue building on the third Friday of each month to hold their local […]
Nov. 4, 2022
Written by Local Union 1124 Member David Maragni Edited for use in the UMW Journal In the late 1960s at Central Junior High School in West Frankfort, my homeroom teacher was Mrs. Juanita Kinney. One morning we were told that Mrs. Kinney would not be there for a while; her son had been killed […]
Nov. 2, 2022
July 23, 2022, marked the tenth anniversary of UMWA veterans and West Virginia Vietnam Veterans of America’s participation in the annual washing of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall (The Wall). “We haven’t been able to participate in this annual tradition for the past two years because of the pandemic,” said President Roberts. “The majority of […]
Oct. 28, 2022
The Great Anthracite Coal Strike The Great Anthracite Coal Strike, the first major strike the young UMWA had ever taken on, began on May 12, 1902. At that time almost all coal in the United States that was mined was anthracite coal, ideal for industrial use and heating homes all across the nation. After months […]
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