Jul. 15, 2024
Source: The Intelligencer. Wheeling News-Register July 13, 2024 POWHATAN POINT — Eighty years ago this month, 66 men were trapped deep beneath the ground about 6 miles outside of Powhatan Point where they met their fates – and on Friday, their successors gathered to honor and remember them. The tragic loss of life […]
Jul. 11, 2024
Source: KXRM Colorado Springs July 10, 2024 (TRINIDAD, Colo.) — The National Park Service (NPS) announced on Wednesday, July 10 awarded grants to eight recipients to help preserve battlefields and other sites of armed conflict, including the site of the Ludlow Massacre in Las Animas County. “The diverse grant opportunities provided through the […]
Jul. 11, 2024
Source: Union Plus Union members are invited to save on auto insurance Union Plus is proud to introduce this opportunity for union members to access discounted auto insurance from Farmers Insurance ChoiceSM. Choose the right auto insurance for you and your family Now, as part of Union Plus, you can get multiple […]
Jul. 10, 2024
Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su AnnouncesNew Silica Standard at UMWA’s District 2 Office On April 16, 2024, the UMWA hosted a Labor Silica Rule Kickoff Event at the District 2 Office in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. The final rule significantly reduces respirable crystalline silica exposures and improves the early detection of related diseases, a rule […]
Jul. 8, 2024
Source: Alabama Politcal Reporter July 4, 2024 A subcommittee that Aderholt chairs supported cutting funding for a regulation meant to prevent coal miners from developing black lung. On June 28, the United Mine Workers of America released a statement harshly criticizing Alabama Representative Robert Aderholt and a subcommittee he chairs for a […]
Jul. 8, 2024
Brother Donnie Samms and UMWA Honorary Member Father Rodney Torbic Inducted into Washington Greene Labor Council Hall of Fame On April 20, 2024, at a banquet in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, two UMWA greats, in their own right, were inducted into the Washington Greene County Central Labor Council Hall of Fame, At-Large International Vice […]
Jul. 2, 2024
Source: The Dominion Post June 28, 2024 UMWA Condemns U.S. House subcommittee move to defund enforcement of new MSHA black lung silica dust rule MORGANTOWN – In April, miners and mining labor leaders met with U.S. Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su in Uniontown, Pa., to celebrate DOL’s final rule to protect […]
Jul. 2, 2024
BENWOOD MINE DISASTER’S LEGACY LIVES ON AS A TESTAMENT TO THE RESILIENCE AND SPIRIT OF THE MINERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO CONTINUE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF WORKING IN THE COAL INDUSTRY. At the conclusion of the bell tolls for the 21 lives lost on the job last year in West Virginia, the ceremony […]
Jul. 1, 2024
Source: The Washington Post June 28, 2024 The head of the national mine workers’ union is condemning an effort by House Republicans to block enforcement of a long-awaited federal rule directed at curbing workers’ exposure to deadly rock dust. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The head of the national mine workers’ union on Friday condemned what […]
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