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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. 26, 2024

UMWA and AFL-CIO Conclude Historic Proxy Contest at Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 26, 2024 UMWA and AFL-CIO Conclude Historic Proxy Contest at Warrior Met Coal, Inc.  Urging Corporate…

Apr. 25, 2024

UMWA’s Roberts comments on EPA’s new Carbon Pollution Standards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 25, 2024   UMWA’s comments on EPA’s new Carbon Pollution Standards [TRANGLE, V.A.] Commenting on the…

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Sep. 8, 2022

New MSHA App Provides Additional Resources to Miners

  The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the agency tasked with enforcing mandatory safety and health standards for all mines in the US, has recently developed an app for iPhone and Android phones that will help get timely information directly to miners and members of the mining community.  The app allows miners to easily […]

Sep. 2, 2022

Warrior Met demands to fire 40 strikers without due process

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 2, 2022 Warrior Met demands to fire 40 strikers without due process   [MCCALLA, AL] Responding to a demand by Warrior Met Coal, Inc. that it would not allow 40 striking United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) members to return to work, UMWA International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following […]

Aug. 12, 2022

Senate climate bill has West Virginia written all over it

SOURCE: AP DATE: 8/12/2022 AUTHOR: LEAH WILLINGHAM CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The sprawling economic package passed by the U.S. Senate this week has a certain West Virginia flavor. The package, passed with no Republican votes, could be read largely as an effort to help West Virginia look to the future without turning away entirely from […]

Aug. 4, 2022

UMWA Statement on Trapped Mexican Miners

[TRIANGLE, VA.] With rescue efforts ongoing to reach ten miners trapped underground by water near Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico, United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “The prayers of the entire UMWA are with the trapped miners and the efforts of the rescuers struggling to reach them. While […]

Aug. 3, 2022

NLRB demand for UMWA to pay Warrior Met Coal strike costs “outrageous,” threatens American workers’ right to strike

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 3, 2022 NLRB demand for UMWA to pay Warrior Met Coal strike costs “outrageous,” threatens American workers’ right to strike   [TRIANGLE, VA.] The United Mine Workers of America today made it clear that it will vigorously challenge an outrageous assessment of damages made by the National Labor Relations Board Region […]

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