Apr. 29, 2020
Source: WV MetroNews April 29, 2020 CHARLESTON, W.Va.– The United Mine Workers of America is livid over a request by Consol Energy to have the assets of bankrupt coal producer Murray Energy liquidated. Consol, one of Murray’s largest creditors, recently asked a bankruptcy judge to change the company’s Chapter 11 filing in which they […]
Apr. 27, 2020
Dr. Cohen, the principal investigator of the Black Lung Clinic Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago, sent the following letter to the nation’s black lung clinics this week. The letter is in regards to the Department of Labor’s Black Lung examination policy during the Coronavirus pandemic. Because miners with black lung are at […]
Apr. 27, 2020
Source: West Virginia Record April 27,2020 CHARLESTON – At least four more unions have rescinded their endorsements of Justice John Hutchison’s state Supreme Court campaign following his vote to uphold the state’s right-to-work law. Political Action Committees for the United Mine Workers of America, the United Steelworkers, the state branch of the American Federation of […]
Apr. 22, 2020
Source: Estevan Mercury Publications April 22, 2020 The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) are encouraging local residents to light a candle in honour of the annual Day of Mourning on April 28. Traditionally the labour committee holds a brief Day of Mourning service at the coal car at the corner of Souris Avenue […]
Apr. 20, 2020
Source: The Guardian April 20, 2020 Seven years ago John Robinson of Coeburn, Virginia, was diagnosed with black lung. A coal miner for nearly 30 years, 54-year-old Robinson and many of his fellow workers already faced years of health issues. And then came Covid-19. “It’s easier for us to get sick because of lung […]
Apr. 17, 2020
April 17, 2020 A letter today was sent to President Trump by U.S. Senators Joe Manchin III (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-Oho), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Robert Casey Jr. (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Doug Jones (D-AL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Mark Warner (D-VA) echoing the UMWA’s call to the Mine Safety and Health Administration to exercise its […]
Apr. 16, 2020
Source: The Register-Herald April 16, 2020 charleston – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has asked the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Eugene Scalia and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to immediately provide clinics and the miners they serve with clear, written guidance regarding how miner’s black lung […]
Apr. 14, 2020
Source: 12WBOY April 14, 2020 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced $2,429,090 in additional National Dislocated Worker Grant funding will go toward helping laid-off coal miners in West Virginia, according to a news release for U.S. Senator Joe Manchin. Workforce West Virginia, in partnership with the United […]
Apr. 8, 2020
Source: Union Plus The CARES Act is a stimulus package that became law last week. The Act includes measures intended to stimulate the economy and provide financial relief to individuals, as well as small businesses and large corporations. The Act is 883 pages, but here are some quick take-aways of the measures that […]
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