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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 […]

Cambria County Prison

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 […]

100th Anniversary of Davis Day

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 […]

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