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Oct. 16, 2025

Associate Membership Spotlight

  Beth Mikus After attending a rally in Alabama for UMWA strikers in 2022, Beth Mikus was so moved by…

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…

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Nov. 25, 2019

Help for coal miners: Flame the ember of hope for miners’ pension rescue

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette November 25, 2019   Right is right. A promise is a promise. For generations, coal has powered our lives. It has heated our homes, fueled the conduction of electricity that lit our lamps, ignited the Industrial Revolution. And it was coaxed from the earth by miners who risked their lives and sacrificed […]

Nov. 22, 2019

Senators Manchin, Capito and Brown speak on behalf of the Bipartisan American Miners Act 2019

Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Shelley Moore Captio (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) spoke on the Senate floor on November 21, 2019 about the importance of passing the Bipartisan American Miners Act that was introduced November 6, 2019. Congress needs to ACT NOW to secure the pensions these miners worked for, earned and deserve.

Nov. 20, 2019

35th Wilberg Disaster Memorial

This year marks the 35th year since the tragic Wilberg Mine Disaster. A remembrance tribute was held on October 22, 2019 at the monument site where International Secretary Treasurer Levi Allen, International Vice President Mike R. Dalpiaz  and Labor Commissioner for the State of Utah, Jaycen Maughn spoke to those in attendance. There was also […]

Nov. 19, 2019

Brooke County Commissioners back preservation of UMWA pensions

Source: WTOV9     BROOKE COUNTY, W.Va. — Commissioners in Brooke County are showing their support for the protection and preservation of pension and healthcare for UMWA plan beneficiaries. At Tuesday morning’s commissioners meeting, a resolution was passed to show support and say that they want the federal government to act to protect the pensions of […]

Nov. 18, 2019

51st anniversary of Farmington Mine Disaster ceremony brings together community

Source: 12 WBOY Farmington, W.Va. – On Sunday friends, family, union workers, and others gathered for the 51st commemoration of the Farmington Mine Disaster that killed 78 miners. Around 5:30 a.m on November 20, 1968, there was an explosion and fire in the Consolidation Coal Company’s No.9 mine. Of the 78 miners who died that […]

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