Currently, employment in the coal industry is decreasing due to cheap natural gas, rising government regulations regarding the use of coal, and a tight export market for metallurgical coal. UMWA members who are not coal miners are also facing layoffs because the dwindling coal industry is affecting the local and statewide economies where the vast majority of members live. The UMWA has put together some resources that can be used as a starting point for laid-off members.
The UMWA is working every hour of every day to help you and your family.
The UMWACC was created in 1996 to identify, recruit, train, and place long-term dislocated mine workers who, for whatever reason, had failed to rejoin the workforce in living wage jobs. We were successful in obtaining our first funding from the United States Department of Labor through what was then called National Reserve Account (NRA) grants. As the use of coal began to pick up, the needs of the coal industry shifted from assisting dislocated workers to the need for properly trained new inexperienced miners and back to dislocated miners several times over.
The UMWACC was created in 1996 to identify, recruit, train, and place long-term dislocated mine workers who, for whatever reason, had failed to rejoin the workforce in living wage jobs. We were successful in obtaining our first funding from the United States Department of Labor through what was then called National Reserve Account (NRA) grants. As the use of coal began to pick up, the needs of the coal industry shifted from assisting dislocated workers to the need for properly trained new inexperienced miners and back to dislocated miners several times over.
The AFL-CIO created Union Privilege in 1986 to provide union members and their families with valuable consumer benefits. With Union Plus benefits, your union membership “pays” at work and at home.
Click here to access your FREE Union Plus Benefits Package, including Vision, Prescription, and Hearing Savings.
The AFL-CIO created Union Privilege in 1986 to provide union members and their families with valuable consumer benefits. With Union Plus benefits, your union membership “pays” at work and at home.
Click here to access your FREE Union Plus Benefits Package, including Vision, Prescription, and Hearing Savings.
Workers are struggling all across the world to fight for safe working conditions, fair wages, and decent benefits. It is important for all union brothers and sisters to come together in solidarity. United We Stand! Fill out "Sign Up for E-mail Updates“, and you will be added to the UMWA Activist Team where you will receive the most up-to-date information about our Legislation, COMPAC, and other important UMWA information. We just need a little more information from you!
Workers are struggling all across the world to fight for safe working conditions, fair wages, and decent benefits. It is important for all union brothers and sisters to come together in solidarity. United We Stand! Fill out "Sign Up for E-mail Updates“, and you will be added to the UMWA Activist Team where you will receive the most up-to-date information about our Legislation, COMPAC, and other important UMWA information. We just need a little more information from you!
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