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May 9, 2025

More West Virginians are dying on the job. Federal cuts to workplace safety programs could make it worse.

Source: Mountain State Spotlight Date: May 8, 2025   West Virginia had the second-deadliest workplace fatality rate in the country,…

May 1, 2025

Associate Membership Spotlight

Tom Huber Tom Huber, a committed Associate Member, has actively supported the United Mine Workers of America for many years.…

Apr. 28, 2025

Members Only - UMWA Reaches Agreement with Fayette County Corrections

In Uniontown, Pennsylvania, the Fayette County Corrections Center stands as a modern facility that has been in operation since November…

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May 10, 2018

Local Union Training Conference

The 2018 Local Union contract training conference, sponsored by the UMWA’s International Contract Department, will be taught by the faculty of West Virginia University’s Institute of Labor Studies and Research. This year’s participants will be offered three different agendas. For first year participants, steward and grievance training will incorporate labor history, steward roles and responsibilities […]

Apr. 30, 2018

Union Plus Entertainment Discounts

Union Plus Entertainment Discounts offer savings to union families on over 300,000 fun things to see and do including movies, restaurants, shopping and much more!   HOW IT WORKS 1. Visit unionplus.abenity.com and register/login. 2. Choose your offer and select the green Redeem Offer button. 3. Check out, then get out there, and start having […]

Apr. 26, 2018

United Mine Workers of America negotiates contract as future of Westmoreland Coal becomes uncertain

Editors Note: As a result of the negotiations described below, a contract extension with a $1 per hour pay raise was reached by the parties. Source: Kemmerer Gazette Kemmerer coal miners and United Mine Workers of America members packed the Event Center on Friday, April 20, to hear contract negotiations between UMWA and Westmoreland leadership.  […]

Apr. 19, 2018

Joint Pension Committee Meets to Understand Risk of Plans Collapsing

Source: WV Metro News WASHINGTON — A congressional committee dedicated to addressing funding for multiemployer pension plans met Wednesday to understand how to protect the pensions of more than 1 million retirees. The Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans was created as part of the February solution ending the government shutdown. The […]

Apr. 17, 2018

UMWA L.U. 1924 President Speaks on Behalf of the “Yes to NGS” Initiative

UMWA L.U. 1924 President Marie Justice spoke at an April 12 hearing in Washington D.C., asking Congress to keep the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) open. Justice was accompanied by several other L.U. 1924 members, as well as UMWA retirees from West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania who attended in a show of solidarity. “I come before […]

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