Source: Union Plus #GivingTuesday — Kick Off the Season of Giving! Thanksgiving, Cyber Monday…#GivingTuesday! Kick off the holiday season by taking a break from traditional holiday shopping to give the gift of kindness. #GivingTuesday is the Tuesday following Thanksgiving — this year it’s December 3rd. It’s a day to take a pause from holiday […]
Source: ETV News At the monument on the junction of Highway 29 and the haul road, National Miners’ Union Presidents and officials paid tribute to the 26 men and one woman who lost their lives in the worst coal mine fire disaster in Utah history on Dec. 19, 1984. Mike Dalpiaz, International Vice President of […]
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette November 25, 2019 Right is right. A promise is a promise. For generations, coal has powered our lives. It has heated our homes, fueled the conduction of electricity that lit our lamps, ignited the Industrial Revolution. And it was coaxed from the earth by miners who risked their lives and sacrificed […]
Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Shelley Moore Captio (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) spoke on the Senate floor on November 21, 2019 about the importance of passing the Bipartisan American Miners Act that was introduced November 6, 2019. Congress needs to ACT NOW to secure the pensions these miners worked for, earned and deserve.
Source: WTOV9 BROOKE COUNTY, W.Va. — Commissioners in Brooke County are showing their support for the protection and preservation of pension and healthcare for UMWA plan beneficiaries. At Tuesday morning’s commissioners meeting, a resolution was passed to show support and say that they want the federal government to act to protect the pensions of […]
Source: 12 WBOY Farmington, W.Va. – On Sunday friends, family, union workers, and others gathered for the 51st commemoration of the Farmington Mine Disaster that killed 78 miners. Around 5:30 a.m on November 20, 1968, there was an explosion and fire in the Consolidation Coal Company’s No.9 mine. Of the 78 miners who died that […]
Source: Union Plus Save up to 25% on Car Rental Rates Whether it’s a car, van, SUV or truck rental, working families can get good rental car deals and drive in style for less. Discount rental car rates and savings vary depending on the type of car or vehicle, time of year, location and […]
Source: WHSV November 6, 2019 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is co-sponsoring a bill with West Virginia’s two U.S. senators and others aimed at preserving the pensions of about 92,000 retired coal miners, as well as the health-care benefits of another 13,000 working miners. Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Shelley Moore Capito […]
Source: CNN November 1, 2019 New York (CNN Business) – Tom Kacsmar worked underground at a coal mine for nearly four decades. The promise of a decent pension and healthcare for life kept him at this dangerous job. Now, Kacsmar fears those benefits will get washed away by the bankruptcy of Murray Energy, America’s largest […]