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Jun. 16, 2021

Union Plus: Union Made Backyard BBQ

Source: Union Plus June 16, 2021 Fire up the grill for summer! We’ve got a line up of the best…

Jun. 15, 2021

Black Lung Benefits

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), introduced a bill aimed towards helping the families of miners who have passed of black lung…

Jun. 11, 2021

Alabama’s Coal Miners Are Striking for Their Lives

Source: The Nation June 11, 2021 Alabama is a beautiful place filled with contradictions and complexities, but there are a…

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Aug. 29, 2016

MSHA issues call to safety to nation’s coal miners

MSHA Press Release

Aug. 29, 2016

Labor Groups to Host West Virginia Gubernatorial Debate between Major Party Candidates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 29, 2016 Working Families’ Issues to be Focus of Event [CHARLESTON, WV.] The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and the West Virginia State Building and Construction Trades Council announced today that they have invited gubernatorial candidates Jim Justice and Bill Cole to participate in a debate in Charleston at the […]

Aug. 29, 2016

Union groups want their own debate with Cole and Justice

West Virginia Metro News

Aug. 26, 2016

Senators Secure Committee Vote on Miners Protection Act

As the shortened summer session of Congress was winding down, supporters of the Miners Protection Act. – S.1714 – in the United States Senate used several legislative procedures to secure a September vote for the bill in the Senate Finance Committee. The bill’s two lead sponsors, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito […]

Aug. 23, 2016

UMW mobilizing for rally in Washington D.C. in support of pensions and health care

Greene County Observer-Reporter

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