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Jan. 9, 2025

Members Only - UMWA Reaches Agreement with EDC Environmental

The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) has successfully negotiated a comprehensive agreement with the EDC Environmental in East Carbon,…

Jan. 8, 2025

MEU launches Grosvenor explosion investigation

Source: Mining safetowork Date: January 8, 2025   The Mining and Energy Union (MEU) is launching an investigation into the…

Dec. 9, 2024

A Day of Reflection

Source: Herald-Standard December 8, 2024   The thick cold air and unforgiving winds did not seem to deter the union…

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Jan. 9, 2025

Members Only – UMWA Reaches Agreement with EDC Environmental

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Jan. 8, 2025

MEU launches Grosvenor explosion investigation

Source: Mining safetowork Date: January 8, 2025   The Mining and Energy Union (MEU) is launching an investigation into the 2024 explosion that caused a month-long fire at Anglo American’s Grosvenor coal mine in Queensland. The fire broke out on June 29, leading to the immediate evacuation and sealing of the mine until the blaze […]

Dec. 9, 2024

A Day of Reflection

Source: Herald-Standard December 8, 2024   The thick cold air and unforgiving winds did not seem to deter the union workers and their family members who came out to pay their respects on Friday to the men who lost their lives in the Robena Mine explosion 62 years before. “These miners sacrificed their lives for […]

Nov. 19, 2024

Farmington No. 9 remembered

Source: MetroNews Date: November 18, 2024   Fifty-six years ago, Wednesday, massive explosions and fires engulfed Consolidation Coal Company’s Farmington #9 mine in Marion County. The West Virginia Encyclopedia described the scene this way: “A large cloud of black smoke and red flames spewed from the pit opening, rock and debris were catapulted from the mine.” […]

Nov. 15, 2024

Monongalia County Commission won’t negotiate with UMWA

Source: MetroNews Date: November 14, 2024   MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Monongalia County Commission says it’s not going to negotiate with workers in the Monongalia County Assessor’s Office who recently joined the UMWA. “West Virginia law in turn does not recognize the right of public employees to go on strike or be represented by a union […]

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