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Dec. 1, 2023

UMWA Fights to Keep Charleston Jobs: Say No to USPS Relocation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 1, 2023   UMWA Fights to Keep Charleston Jobs: Say No to USPS Relocation   [TRIANGLE,…

Dec. 1, 2023

Actively Retired - Phil Camden

[caption id="attachment_18466" align="alignnone" width="768"] Local Union 2236 President Phil Camden.[/caption]   Local Union 2236 President Phil Camden has been a…

Nov. 30, 2023

UMWA Responds to Closing of RemArms LLC Ilion Plant

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 30, 2023   UMWA Responds to Closing of RemArms LLC Ilion Plant [TRIANGLE, VA]…

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Dec. 1, 2023

UMWA Fights to Keep Charleston Jobs: Say No to USPS Relocation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 1, 2023   UMWA Fights to Keep Charleston Jobs: Say No to USPS Relocation   [TRIANGLE, VA] In response to a U.S. Postal Service proposal to move mail processing operations from a Charleston, West Virginia facility, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement […]

Dec. 1, 2023

Actively Retired – Phil Camden

  Local Union 2236 President Phil Camden has been a member of the UMWA for over 30 years. He worked at Dunn Coal and Dock for 13 years before being appointed as District 17 Field Representative in 2001, and later District 17 Representative from 2005 until his retirement in December 2016.   “Phil is the kind […]

Nov. 30, 2023

UMWA Responds to Closing of RemArms LLC Ilion Plant

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 30, 2023   UMWA Responds to Closing of RemArms LLC Ilion Plant [TRIANGLE, VA] Commenting on the notice from RemArms, LLC, that it intends to close its Ilion, NY plant, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “It is extremely […]

Nov. 30, 2023

Local Union 4826, Working for You

  Sitting just off Industrial Highway in Caldwell, Ohio, is International Converter, a leader in foil laminates, high-quality packaging, and more.  The work that UMWA members of Local Union 4826 do at the plant has made the company a global leader in manufacturing.   Billy Wheeler, who has been the local union president since 2011, said […]

Nov. 27, 2023

Frontier No. 1 Mine Victims Remembered 100 Years Later

  On August 14, 1923, the Wyoming towns of Kemmerer and Frontier the devastating news that an explosion occurred inside the nearby Frontier No. 1 Mine, killing 99 miners. As always happenes, the tragedy left children, wives and mothers left behind to deal with the aftermath.    That fateful morning, 136 men reported to the mine […]

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