FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 28, 2024 UMWA responds to Iron Senergy threat to close Cumberland mine in Greene County, PA. [UNIONTOWN, PA.] Responding to a plan filed by Iron Senergy, Inc., to permanently close the Cumberland mine in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2024 UMWA and AFL-CIO Launch Proxy Solicitation at Warrior Met Coal, Urge Stockholders to Hold Management Accountable After Costly Strike The United Mine Workers of America (the “UMWA”) and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (the “AFL-CIO”) are urging stockholders of Warrior Met Coal, Inc. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2024 UMWA Announces Tentative Agreement with Crimson Oak Grove Resources, LLC in Alabama. (Adger, AL) [TRIANGLE, VA] The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced today that it has reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with Crimson Oak Grove Resources, LLC for its mine in Adger, Alabama. UMWA members […]
March 12, 2024 Source: Lebanon News UMWA joins fight against landfill In recent months opponents of a proposed privately owned landfill have appeared at various government meetings wearing camouflage shirts. The shirts are designed similarly to those worn by union coal miners and their supporters during the 1989 strike against Pittston Coal Company. Last […]
Date: 03/09/2024 Source: WTRF Author: Mary Flavin BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — On March 16, 1940, 72 men lost their lives during the Willow Grove Mine explosion. Today, many people gathered to honor the fallen men as well as the families that were affected by their loss. In March 2020, […]