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UMWA Honors Vietnam Veterans in Annual “Washing of the Wall” Event

July 29, 2024 This weekend, the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) once again paid tribute to the fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War with their annual “Washing of the Wall” event at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. UMWA members, veterans, and supporters gathered to honor the lives lost and to commemorate the sacrifices made by […]

United Mine Workers of America endorses Karen Baker for Ninth Congressional District

    Source: Mountain Media, LLC July 19, 2024 The United Mine Workers of America are endorsing Karen Baker’s candidacy for the Ninth Congressional District. The UMWA, which represents the interests of miners and their families, has recognized Baker as a “champion for the issues that matter most to their members” according to a statement.  […]

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Powhatan Point Marks 80 Years Since Deadly Mine Disaster

  Source: The Intelligencer. Wheeling News-Register July 13, 2024 POWHATAN POINT — Eighty years ago this month, 66 men were trapped deep beneath the ground about 6 miles outside of Powhatan Point where they met their fates – and on Friday, their successors gathered to honor and remember them. The tragic loss of life resulted […]

NPS awards grant to preserve Ludlow Massacre site

Source: KXRM Colorado Springs July 10, 2024 [TRINIDAD, Colo.] — The National Park Service (NPS) announced on Wednesday, July 10 awarded grants to eight recipients to help preserve battlefields and other sites of armed conflict, including the site of the Ludlow Massacre in Las Animas County. “The diverse grant opportunities provided through the American Battlefield Protection […]

Union Plus: Auto Insurance

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Department of Labor Issues Final Rule to Reduce Silica Dust Exposure

Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su AnnouncesNew Silica Standard at UMWA’s District 2 Office   On April 16, 2024, the UMWA hosted a Labor Silica Rule Kickoff Event at the District 2 Office in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. The final rule significantly reduces respirable crystalline silica exposures and improves the early detection of related diseases, a rule […]

UMWA attacks Rep. Aderholt over silica dust regulations

  Source: Alabama Politcal Reporter July 4, 2024 A subcommittee that Aderholt chairs supported cutting funding for a regulation meant to prevent coal miners from developing black lung. On June 28, the United Mine Workers of America released a statement harshly criticizing Alabama Representative Robert Aderholt and a subcommittee he chairs for a proposed amendment […]

Hall of Fame Inductees Donnie Samms and UMWA Honorary Member Rodney Torbic

      Brother Donnie Samms and UMWA Honorary Member Father Rodney Torbic Inducted into Washington Greene Labor Council Hall of Fame On April 20, 2024, at a banquet in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, two UMWA greats, in their own right, were inducted into the Washington Greene County Central Labor Council Hall of Fame, At-Large International Vice […]

UMWA condemns U.S. House subcommittee move to defund enforcement of new MSHA black lung silica dust rule

  Source: The Dominion Post June 28, 2024 UMWA Condemns U.S. House subcommittee move to defund enforcement of new MSHA black lung silica dust rule MORGANTOWN – In April, miners and mining labor leaders met with U.S. Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su in Uniontown, Pa., to celebrate DOL’s final rule to protect miners […]

100th Anniversary of Benwood Mine Disaster

BENWOOD MINE DISASTER’S LEGACY LIVES ON AS A TESTAMENT TO THE RESILIENCE AND SPIRIT OF THE MINERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO CONTINUE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF WORKING IN THE COAL INDUSTRY.   At the conclusion of the bell tolls for the 21 lives lost on the job last year in West Virginia, the ceremony […]

US miners’ union head calls House Republican effort to block silica dust rule an ‘attack’ on workers

Source: The Washington Post June 28, 2024   The head of the national mine workers’ union is condemning an effort by House Republicans to block enforcement of a long-awaited federal rule directed at curbing workers’ exposure to deadly rock dust. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The head of the national mine workers’ union on Friday condemned what […]

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