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Nov. 10, 2025

UMWA Extends Thoughts and Prayers to Trapped Miner at the Rolling Thunder Mine, West Virginia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2025 UMWA Extends Thoughts and Prayers to Trapped Miner at the Rolling Thunder Mine, West…

Nov. 5, 2025

A Lifetime of Service: A Final Interview with "President" Roberts

[Editor’s Note: As Cecil Roberts’ tenure as International President comes to a close on October 29, 2025, the UMW Journal…

Nov. 4, 2025

Union Savings: Calgary Roughnecks

  Score Big – Up to 30% Off Tickets! We’re pleased to share that our union members now have access…

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Feb. 26, 2020

Promise Kept – Pension Victory Video

On December 20, 2019, Congress “KEPT THE PROMISE” and secured the pensions and health care of the men and women who risked their lives to energize our nation. “When the history of our struggle to preserve miners’ pensions and health care is written, it will be recorded that, against all odds and in spite of […]

Feb. 17, 2020

Union Plus Scholarships

Source: Union Plus   The Union Plus Scholarship Program   Since 1991, the Union Plus Scholarship Program has awarded more than $4.5 million to students of working families who want to begin or continue their post-secondary education. Over 3,000 families have benefited from our commitment to higher education. The Union Plus Scholarship Program is offered through […]

Feb. 4, 2020

Union Plus Does Your Budget Need to Recover from the Holidays?

Source: Union Plus   Ring in a new year free of financial stress. Find out if a personal loan could be right for you!   What is a Personal Loan? A personal loan allows you to borrow a fixed amount (generally up to $50,000) that you pay back in monthly installments over the life of […]

Feb. 3, 2020

On His 14th Record, Love Commits Me Here, Singer-Songwriter Tom Breiding Celebrates Dedication To A Cause

Source: Pittsburgh Current   “It’s my love of what I do, my love of where I come from, and love for where I’ve found myself, with some of these people I’ve met.” There’s a prayer that Tom Breiding used to say as a child. He’s forgotten most of it now, but one line remains in […]

Jan. 30, 2020

Drama Group prepares for centennial of Matewan Massacre

Source: Williamson Daily News MATEWAN — The award winning Matewan Drama Group recently met at the UMWA Local 1440 Union Hall in downtown Matewan to discuss plans for the annual Matewan Heritage Day, which will also mark the centennial of the deadly Matewan Massacre. Donna Paterino, who started the drama group in 2000 and has […]

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