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Casey Statement on Planned Closure of Cumberland Mine

For Immediate Release March 28, 2024   Contact Natalie Adams: 202-228-3789   Casey Statement on Planned Closure of Cumberland Mine…

UMWA Announces Primary Endorsements for Federal, Statewide Races

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 28, 2024   UMWA announces primary endorsements for federal, statewide races [TRIANGLE, VA.] The United Mine…

UMWA responds to Iron Senergy threat to close Cumberland mine in Greene County, PA.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 28, 2024   UMWA responds to Iron Senergy threat to close Cumberland mine in Greene County,…

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Joint pension committee now must act to preserve pensions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 28, 2018 Joint pension committee now must act to preserve pensions [TRIANGLE, VA]  United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “Now that the members of the Joint Select Committee on Multi-Employer Pensions have been named, it’s time for them to get to […]

1.5 Million Retirees Await Congressional Fix for a Pension Time Bomb

Source: The New York Times WASHINGTON — The sprawling agreement to boost government spendingreached by Republicans and Democrats this month quietly included a step toward defusing what could be a financial time bomb for 1.5 million retirees and hundreds of companies in the industrial Midwest and the South. The deal creates a select congressional committee to […]

Robocall from President Roberts – February 15, 2018

President Cecil Roberts gives an update on the United Mine Workers’s continued fight to preserve the pensions of retired and active miner’s.  

Miners Lobby for Action on Pensions

Source: E&E News The United Mine Workers of America returned to Capitol Hill this week as Congress mulls who will decide the fate of their pensions. Party leaders in both chambers have yet to select the special joint committee tasked with shoring up pensions for roughly 1.5 million union workers, including 107,000 former UMWA miners […]

Speaker Bates reaffirms support for Navajo families at ‘Yes to NGS’ rally

Source: The Navajo-Hopi Observer PHOENIX — Hundreds of Kayenta Mine and Navajo Generating Station workers marched on the Arizona State Capitol Feb. 6 to announce the formation of ‘Yes to NGS,’ a coalition that advocates for solutions to ensure the continuation of NGS operations beyond 2019. The workers were joined by members of the Navajo Nation […]

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