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Memo from President Roberts: Federal Government shutdown

Important Update from UMWA President Cecil Roberts on Government Shutdown Impacts   The following memo from UMWA President Cecil Roberts…

Black Tuesday Lives in Us: A Union’s Commitment to Canada

September 29, 2025 On September 29, 1931, the streets of Estevan, Saskatchewan, ran dark with tragedy, defiance, and the blood…

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Lawmakers Make New Push for Retired Miners

Source: E&E News Lawmakers have renewed their bid to fix the United Mine Workers of America pension problem while also extending health care help to even more union miners as coal companies continue to go bankrupt. Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) returned with the latest version of the “Miners Pension Protection Act” last week after a […]

Ten Things To Know Before Purchasing A Home

Source: Union Plus Are you planning to buy a home this year? The more information gathering you do before making your decision, the greater your satisfaction is likely to be before, during and after your move. To get you started, here are ten things to know before buying a home. When you are ready to buy […]

Westmoreland Coal creditors to take over its core assets

Source: S&P Global Westmoreland Coal Co.’s creditors are slated to take over its core assets after the company did not secure another qualified bid for the mines. The creditors served as a stalking horse bidder during Westmoreland’s Chapter 11 proceedings and will acquire the coal producer’s core assets, including its Canadian business and operations at […]

Navajo Nation considers NGS purchase

Source: White Mountain Independent Faced with an estimated 23-percent decline in tribal revenues from the planned December 2019, closure of the Navajo Generating Station power plant and Kayenta Coal Mine that supplies the fuel, the Navajo Nation is forging ahead with efforts to take over the operations. The Kayenta Coal Mine is owned by Peabody […]

AFL-CIO 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference

The Fierce Urgency of Now Join hundreds of social justice professionals, activists and community leaders in Washington, D.C., for the 2019 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference. In Dr. King’s famous 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom speech, he told a divided nation that we need one another […]

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