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Oct. 16, 2025

Associate Membership Spotlight

  Beth Mikus After attending a rally in Alabama for UMWA strikers in 2022, Beth Mikus was so moved by…

Oct. 3, 2025

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…

Sep. 29, 2025

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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Dec. 3, 2018

Retired from Kemmerer coal mine, workers plead for pensions in company bankruptcy

Source: Casper Star Tribune Perry Norris, 65, worked at the Kemmerer coal mine for 40 years. For four decades he worked three shift rotations. He broke an elbow at the mine in southern Wyoming, broke his back and picked up a persistent cough from years of inhaling dust, he explained in a handwritten letter submitted […]

Dec. 3, 2018

Westmoreland Coal Asks Bankruptcy Judge Permission to Pay Bonuses for Top Managers

Source: KTVQ.com BILLINGS- Westmoreland Coal, the owner of three coal mines in Montana and one in Wyoming, is asking a federal bankruptcy judge for permission to pay bonuses to 243 of its top managers. In a filing this week, Englewood, Colo.-based Westmoreland said the bonuses would total $1.5 million per quarter as the bankruptcy proceeds and average $6,000 per […]

Nov. 30, 2018

Robena Mine memorial service to take place on Dec. 6

Source: Greene County Messenger A memorial service will take place on December 6 to honor the miners who died 56 years ago in an explosion at U.S. Steel Corp’s Robena Mine No. 3. The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) will begin the service at 11 a.m. at the Robena Monument on Route 21 in […]

Nov. 22, 2018

UMWA Miners Keep Youth Warm Around the Ohio Valley

Source: The Intelligencer – Wheeling Register News Students can stay warmer at the bus stop, sled longer when the snow falls and better enjoy watching Christmas parades, thanks to the Winter Warmup for Kids. Students can stay warmer at the bus stop, sled longer when the snow falls and better enjoy watching Christmas parades, thanks […]

Nov. 13, 2018

Westmoreland Paid Millions in Executive Bonuses in Year Before Bankruptcy

Source: The Wall Street Journal Westmoreland Coal Co. paid eight of its current and former executives more than $10.2 million in salary, bonuses and severance in the 12 months before the coal-mining company filed for bankruptcy protection in October. Executives at Westmoreland collected additional compensation in the form of benefits and expense reimbursements over the […]

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