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UMWA To Recruit, Train Workers for West Virginia Facility

Source: The Intelligencer Date: October 30, 2024   The United Mine Workers of America Career Centers in the Greene County community of Ruff Creek will be recruiting and training workers for a manufacturing facility near Morgantown, W.Va., that will be used for lithium iron phosphate raw material production, it was announced Tuesday. The facility, in […]

SPARKZ, UMWA prepare for high-tech manufacturing partnership

Source: MetroNews Date: October 30, 2024   PROSPERITY, Pa. — SPARKZ, an upstart battery manufacturing company, and the United Mine Workers of America celebrated a $9.8 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to start manufacturing operations in West Virginia. By next year, the closed facility in Taylor County outside Bridgeport on U.S. Route 50 is expected […]

UMWA Career Centers will be used for recruiting, training workers for W. Va. manufacturing facility

Source: Observer – Reporter Date: October, 30, 2024   RUFF CREEK – The United Mine Workers of America Career Centers in Ruff Creek will be recruiting and training workers for a manufacturing facility near Morgantown, W.Va., that will be used for lithium iron phosphate raw material production, it was announced Tuesday. The facility, in Bridgeport, […]

Senator Bob Casey Announces $18.5 Million Investment in Pennsylvania’s Coal Communities

Source: My ChesCo Date: October 18, 2024     WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Bob Casey has announced the allocation of $18,480,334 in funding for 21 projects through the Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative. This funding aims to counter the economic challenges faced by regions heavily reliant on coal mining, coal […]

Union Plus: Health Savings

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Union Miners’ Cemetery Celebrates 125th Anniversary in Mt. Olive, Illinois

October 15, 2024   On October 13, 2024, the small town of Mt. Olive, Illinois, came alive with pride and reflection as it marked the 125th anniversary of the Union Miners’ Cemetery, a sacred ground for the labor movement. The event, which attracted union members and supporters from across the region, was a poignant reminder […]

Members Only – UMWA Reaches Agreement with City of Girard

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More Monongalia County Departments Want to Unionize

Source: WBOY Clarksburg Date: October 3, 2024   MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — On the heels of last week’s vote by the employees of the Monongalia County Assessor’s Office to join the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), local union leaders say other county employees have expressed an interest in organizing. UMWA District 31 Vice President Mike Payton […]

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