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Apr. 30, 2021
Source: Union Plus April 5, 2021 Your Cinco de Mayo may look different this year, but with some creativity, connectivity and some delicious union-made recipes, it can become a fun, socially-distant, fiesta! Did you know that many of your favorite Cinco de Mayo dishes can be made with ingredients picked, produced or packaged by your […]
Apr. 27, 2021
April 26, 2021 Krystal Ball breaks down the Warrior Met Coal strikes.
Apr. 25, 2021
Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail April 25, 2021 “The pain hasn’t let up.” The United Mine Workers of America summed up the plight of coal miners and their communities midway through a plan released last week for what the union called a “true energy transition,” acknowledging U.S. coal industry employment had dropped 52% from 2011 to December 2020. […]
Apr. 24, 2021
Source: WV Gazette Mail April 21, 2021 Do not try to lecture United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts about how the migration away from coal and other carbon-based fuels will be a “just transition,” one that promises that the green economy will provide job opportunities and economic growth in the ravaged coalfields. Roberts, 74, […]
Apr. 22, 2021
The UMWA is once again leading the way to preserve coal jobs and communities! Some news stories are out there with fake news about the UMWA’s plan and what it does. Read for yourself! Click here to read the complete list of UMWA’s principles for Energy Transition.
Apr. 22, 2021
Source: Ohio Valley Resource April 20, 2021 United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts said he’s been hearing the term “just transition” tossed around for more than 20 years as part of the long-running, nearly Sisyphean discussion about climate change, clean energy, and coal country. Simply put: he’s not a fan. “I ask […]
Apr. 20, 2021
Source: MetroNews April 19, 2021 Senator Joe Manchin and United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts together endorsed legislation to strengthen labor unions, pushed for federal investments in carbon capture technology, advocated for using coal to make steel in the United States and called for building up coal-producing communities that have languished in recent years. “We’re […]
Apr. 16, 2021
April 16, 2021 To Warrior Met and all the union-busters out there: No matter how much you intimidate us…no matter how hard you try to break us… Working people are not going to cave or capitulate! We’re not going to give in or give up. We will prevail!
Apr. 14, 2021
Source: prnewswire.com April 14, 2021 WASHINGTON, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Joseph Manchin III, the senior senator from West Virginia and chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will join with the president of the United Mine Workers of America, Cecil E. Roberts Jr., as Roberts announces the UMWA’s principles for addressing […]
Apr. 14, 2021
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Apr. 13, 2021
President Roberts discusses the need for the ongoing strike at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama. #UnitedWeStand #MinersSavedWarriorMet
Apr. 13, 2021
Joined by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) at a National Press Club Newsmaker on April 19, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts will outline the initiatives the union believes are needed to address the current economic devastation that exists in America’s coal-producing areas, and provide a pathway for a better future […]
Apr. 12, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 12, 2021 [MCCALLA, ALA.] The International Executive Board of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International union held a special meeting today to discuss the strike at Warrior Met, Inc., by around 1,000 members of the UMWA in Alabama. “The Warrior Met miners have overwhelmingly voted to continue […]
Apr. 12, 2021
Source: More Perfect Union April 12, 2021
Apr. 9, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 9, 2021 [TRIANGLE, VA.] The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced today that its members working at Warrior Met in Bessemer, AL did not ratify a tentative agreement that had been negotiated with the company and will remain on their unfair labor practice strike. “Our members made […]
Apr. 7, 2021
Source: NRA American Rifleman April 6, 2021 Significant progress was made in the effort to resume operations at the famed Remington firearm factory in Ilion, NY, when on April 2 the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced it has reached a letter of agreement that will pave the way for reopening the plant. […]
Apr. 5, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 5, 2021 [TRIANGLE, VA.] The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced today that a tentative collective bargaining agreement has been reached between the UMWA and Warrior Met Coal, Inc. The union is not releasing details of the agreement until its members have heard them and held a ratification […]
Apr. 5, 2021
A message from President Roberts and Secretary-Treasurer Levi Allen to Local Union 717 celebrating the re-opening of the plant in Ilion, New York.
Apr. 2, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 2, 2021 [ILION, N.Y.] The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced today that it has reached a letter of agreement that will pave the way for reopening the former Remington Arms plant here. The letter formalizes language between the union and RemArms, the plant’s new operator, that recognizes […]
Apr. 1, 2021
Source: ABC 33/40 News March 31, 2021 BROOKWOOD, Ala. (AP) — More than 1,100 workers at two Alabama coal mines and related facilities owned by Warrior Met Coal Inc. will go on strike barring a last-minute labor agreement, the United Mine Workers of America said Wednesday. Negotiators have not been able to reach a […]
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