Dec. 28, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 28, 2018 [TRIANGLE, VA.] United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “The UMWA today received notice from the United States District Court of the Southern District of West Virginia that our lawsuit against the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) regarding its […]
Dec. 19, 2018
Source: Courier Journal My name is Carl Shoupe from Lynch in Harlan County. I married a Benham woman, so I now reside in this great little community that is struggling, much like my fellow miners in coal counties throughout Eastern Kentucky. I’d like to explain a little about the dreaded coal miner’s disease of black lung, […]
Dec. 18, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 18, 2018 [HOUSTON, TX.] Six active and retired workers from Westmoreland Coal Company’s Kemmerer mine traveled here to witness today’s hearing in the US Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas as the company’s lawyers argued for bonuses to be paid to high-paid executives of the bankrupt company. “It’s […]
Dec. 18, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 18, 2018 [TRIANGLE, VA.] United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “The news story from NPR and Frontline this morning about a new epidemic of Black Lung among coal miners was well done, but it failed to drive home who the […]
Dec. 12, 2018
Source: Altoona Mirror HOLLIDAYSBURG — A new contract for a group of unionized Blair County employees allocates some raises beyond the typical 3 percent in 2019 and sets the county’s minimum wage at $10 per hour. Blair County commissioners voted 2-to-1 Tuesday to approve the three-year contract with the United Mine Workers of America representing […]
Dec. 11, 2018
Source: KFVS12 ILLINOIS (KFVS) – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth met with retired Illinois mine workers on Tuesday, December 11. She met with mine workers from Coulterville, Du Quoin, Millstadt and Taylorville to discuss how to protect their pensions. “Our mine workers worked hard every day in difficult and sometimes dangerous conditions because they wanted to […]
Dec. 7, 2018
Source: Market Intelligence Mission Coal Co. LLC is seeking approval to enter into a stalking horse purchase agreement featuring a $145 million credit bid for the metallurgical coal company’s assets. The company’s debtor-in-possession lenders agreed to provide a stalking horse bid in the form of credit and set a floor price for auctioning the company’s Maple […]
Dec. 7, 2018
Source: Herald Standard MASONTOWN – Each coal miner killed in an accident or by black lung has a ripple effect that impacts countless others, UMWA International President Cecil Roberts told the crowd gathered on a chilly Thursday morning to remember the Robena Mine disaster 56 years ago. Roberts pointed to the estimated 250,000 miners who […]
Dec. 5, 2018
Source: Union Plus Tell your union friends and family: the new Union Plus Scholarship application is open! Since 1991, the Union Plus Scholarship Program has awarded more than $4.3 million to students of working families who want to begin or continue their post-secondary education. Start your application online ahead of the Jan 31, 2019 deadline.
Dec. 4, 2018
Source: WyoFile KEMMERER — Westmoreland Coal Company’s Nov. 26 bankruptcy motion that seeks to pay bonuses to mid-level “valued employees” is a “disgusting, despicable” act that ignores actual miners, a union official said last week. Westmoreland is asking a Texas bankruptcy judge to let it reward 243 of its 1,723 U.S. employees with a total of up to […]
Dec. 3, 2018
[CHARLESTON, W.VA.] United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “I am deeply troubled by the statements made by some, including at least one incoming member of the House of Representatives, that U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) should be prevented from taking the position of Ranking Member […]
Dec. 3, 2018
Source: Casper Star Tribune Perry Norris, 65, worked at the Kemmerer coal mine for 40 years. For four decades he worked three shift rotations. He broke an elbow at the mine in southern Wyoming, broke his back and picked up a persistent cough from years of inhaling dust, he explained in a handwritten letter submitted […]
Dec. 3, 2018
Source: KTVQ.com BILLINGS- Westmoreland Coal, the owner of three coal mines in Montana and one in Wyoming, is asking a federal bankruptcy judge for permission to pay bonuses to 243 of its top managers. In a filing this week, Englewood, Colo.-based Westmoreland said the bonuses would total $1.5 million per quarter as the bankruptcy proceeds and average $6,000 per […]
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