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May 9, 2025

More West Virginians are dying on the job. Federal cuts to workplace safety programs could make it worse.

Source: Mountain State Spotlight Date: May 8, 2025   West Virginia had the second-deadliest workplace fatality rate in the country,…

May 1, 2025

Associate Membership Spotlight

Tom Huber Tom Huber, a committed Associate Member, has actively supported the United Mine Workers of America for many years.…

Apr. 28, 2025

Members Only - UMWA Reaches Agreement with Fayette County Corrections

In Uniontown, Pennsylvania, the Fayette County Corrections Center stands as a modern facility that has been in operation since November…

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Apr. 10, 2018

Kentucky Lawmakers Didn’t Consult with Feds About Limiting Black Lung Claims Reviewers

LEXINGTON, KY – – – The federal agency that trains, tests and certifies the physicians who read X-rays and diagnose the deadly coal miners’ disease black lung said it was not consulted by Kentucky lawmakers in the 14 months they considered a new law that mostly limits diagnoses to pulmonologists working for coal companies. As NPR […]

Apr. 9, 2018

Cecil Roberts: We honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Source: Charleston Gazette Mail As Americans mark the tragic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, 50 years ago this week, we must continue our struggle to ensure that he did not die in vain. There is still too much poverty, too much inequality in our nation. We have not made enough […]

Apr. 6, 2018

Bill slows detection of black lung, other workplace illnesses

Source: Lexington Herald Leader  April 04, 2018 07:28 PM BY BILL LONDRIGAN AND AND STEVE EARLE In 1996, Kentucky instituted a completely new process for determining whether workers exposed to coal dust had contracted coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), or black lung disease — a progressive, incurable disease caused only by breathing excessive amounts of coal […]

Apr. 5, 2018

Tribal and Union Delegation Calls on Central Arizona Project Board of Directors

Source: PRNewsWire.com PHOENIX, April 5, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A group representing tribal leaders and the United Mine Workers of America today asked the Central Arizona Project (CAP) Board of Directors to take an active role supporting a smooth transition to new ownership for the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and set aside proposals for power purchase agreements that […]

Mar. 24, 2018

UMW endorses Manchin, McKinley, Ojeda campaigns

Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail The United Mine Workers of America issued a batch of campaign endorsements Friday, backing candidates on both sides of the aisle for federal office. Re-election campaigns for Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., will have the UMW’s support, as will state Sen. Richard Ojeda, D-Logan, in his run for […]

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