Jul. 29, 2025
INTERNATIONAL AUDITOR/TELLER EMERITUS BOBBY BURCHELL Robert “Bobby” Burchell began working in the mines for Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO)…
Jul. 22, 2025
New Officers Sworn In On April 15, 2025, six new corrections officers and UMWA members were sworn in at the…
Jul. 17, 2025
STANDING THE GAFF: On Hundred Years of Davis Day …
Jul. 29, 2025
INTERNATIONAL AUDITOR/TELLER EMERITUS BOBBY BURCHELL Robert “Bobby” Burchell began working in the mines for Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO) in Lingan, Nova Scotia, Canada in January, 1976. In December, 1982, he ran on the “Why Not the Best” slate with Richard Trumka, Cecil Roberts and John Banovic. It was a hard-fought election that ultimately […]
Jul. 22, 2025
New Officers Sworn In On April 15, 2025, six new corrections officers and UMWA members were sworn in at the Cambria County Prison in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. Family members and other community supporters were present to witness the oaths that were taken and the speeches that were given in honor of the new cadets. The prison’s new […]
Jul. 17, 2025
STANDING THE GAFF: On Hundred Years of Davis Day On June 11, 1925, in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, company police shot and killed William “Bill” Davis, a 37-year-old union coal miner. Davis had nine children and a tenth one on the way at […]
May 15, 2025
During the week of February 17-21st,, the Safety Department conducted inspections in District 20 at Local 1948 Shoal Creek, Local 2133 Oak Grove, Local 8982 Concord Plant, Local 2245 Warrior Met No.4 and Local 2397 Warrior Met No. 7. Other inspections completed earlier in February included Coal Mt. Surface Mine in Wyoming, West […]
May 9, 2025
Fayette County Corrections Officers Transform Their Workplace With the ratification of a new contract boosting starting pay to $20 per hour, the members of Local Union 9113, working at the Fayette County Prison, have completed a remarkable turn-around for themselves, the county and the safety of the general public. It is the next step in […]
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