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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…

Apr. 23, 2025

Canada’s National Day of Mourning

Canada’s National Day of Mourning, observed annually on April 28, is a solemn day dedicated to remembering workers who have…

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Feb. 15, 2018

Miners Lobby for Action on Pensions

Source: E&E News The United Mine Workers of America returned to Capitol Hill this week as Congress mulls who will decide the fate of their pensions. Party leaders in both chambers have yet to select the special joint committee tasked with shoring up pensions for roughly 1.5 million union workers, including 107,000 former UMWA miners […]

Feb. 13, 2018

Speaker Bates reaffirms support for Navajo families at ‘Yes to NGS’ rally

Source: The Navajo-Hopi Observer PHOENIX — Hundreds of Kayenta Mine and Navajo Generating Station workers marched on the Arizona State Capitol Feb. 6 to announce the formation of ‘Yes to NGS,’ a coalition that advocates for solutions to ensure the continuation of NGS operations beyond 2019. The workers were joined by members of the Navajo Nation […]

Feb. 6, 2018

Workers To Rally In Phoenix To Support Navajo Generating Station

Source: kjzz.org Workers from the Navajo Generating Station and the Kayenta Mine in northeast Arizona will be in Phoenix on Tuesday. They’re calling for action to save the NGS power plant, which is slated to close at the end of next year. The utility companies that co-own the Navajo Generating Station say they can get power […]

Jan. 24, 2018

UMWA pushes for permanent fix to pension crisis

Source: wdtv.com MARION COUNTY, W.Va (WDTV) – Roger Merriman never thought that at 66-years-old, he would have to fight to protect his future. “I put 28 and a half years in the mines with the understanding that I would have lifetime pension and health care,” Merriman said, referring to the Promise of 1946, which was struck by […]

Jan. 6, 2018

Will Congress break pension promise to coal miners, millions of other Americans?

Source: Lexington Herald Leader A life of hard work should bring more than an old age in poverty. President Gerald Ford underwrote that promise in 1974 by signing the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The law authorized the use of premiums, not tax dollars, to insure private-sector pensions through the federally chartered Pension Benefits Guaranty […]

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