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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…

Oct. 1, 2025

Union Veterans Council: Government Shutdown is a Financial Attack on Veteran Federal Workers and Active-Duty Military

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 1, 2025 CONTACT: Craig Romanovich, 412-708-4818,  local433craig@gmail.com Government Shutdown is a Financial Attack on Veteran Federal…

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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Jan. 21, 2020

Union Plus Retiree Health Insurance

Source: Union Plus RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE Find Medicare Supplement Insurance, Medicare Advantage, and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans Medicare supplement insurance coverage can include:   Deductibles Coinsurance Foreign travel   Medicare Advantage Plans Medicare Advantage may cover: Most Medicare Part A (hospital coverage) covered services (Hospice will remain covered through Medicare) Medicare […]

Jan. 13, 2020

Coal Mine’s Closure Leaves Hopi, Navajo Homes Without Heat This Winter

Source: KNAU Arizona Public Radio The Kayenta coal mine in northeastern Arizona shut down last year, along with the power plant it supplied. Coal from that mine used to light up Las Vegas and Los Angeles and supply the electricity to pump water to Phoenix and Tucson. Those cities have been able to turn to […]

Jan. 2, 2020

Coal pensions: Bill provides reassurance to miners

Source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette  January 2, 2019 It took more than four years of lobbying and pleas for help, but the nation’s retired and active coal miners finally got what they very much deserve — reassurance that their pensions would remain intact. Included in the federal spending plan signed by President Donald Trump was the […]

Dec. 30, 2019

Westmoreland and Estevan mine employees reach new deal

The over 300 employees of the Estevan Mine, members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Local 7606, ratified a four-year collective bargaining agreement on Dec. 16. Collective bargaining between Westmoreland Mining LLC and the UMWA Local 7606 began on July 30 and the parties were able to reach an agreement after numerous bargaining […]

Dec. 24, 2019

UMWA mourns miner killed in West Virginia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 24, 2019   UMWA mourns miner killed in West Virginia   [TRIANGLE, VA.] United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today:   “The hearts and prayers of the entire UMWA are with the family of Raymond L. Starkey, 21, who was fatally injured […]

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