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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…

Nov. 3, 2025

A changing of the guard for the UMWA

Source: West Virginia MetroNews Date: October 29, 2025 ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The torch has been passed in one of…

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Jun. 25, 2019

Breathless and Betrayed Hearing

Breathless and Betrayed Coal miners are suffering an unprecedented spike in the most severe form of black lung disease. On June 20, President Cecil Roberts spoke to the committee about the need for action!

Jun. 20, 2019

President Roberts Speaking on Capitol Hill about the Resurgence of Black Lung in the United States

Jun. 19, 2019

Mining Unions Call For a New MSHA Silica Standard

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2019   (Pittsburgh) – Cecil Roberts, President of the United Mine Workers of America, and Leo W. Gerard, President of the United Steelworkers International Union, today called for a new standard to protect miners from silica dust. The request came in a letter to David Zatezalo, the head of the Mine […]

Jun. 18, 2019

Black lung resurgence fires up Democrats

Source: E&E News June 18, 2019 A spike in the number of cases of black lung disease has put federal regulators in the crosshairs of the new House Democratic majority. With a hearing titled “Breathless and Betrayed,” the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections appears ready to take the Department of Labor’s Mine […]

Jun. 13, 2019

UMWA, BCOA reach agreement on wage reopener

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 13, 2019 [TRIANGLE, VA.] The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced today that it has reached an agreement with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association (BCOA) that will result in a $1.00 per hour wage increase over the remaining life of the existing agreement and the restoration of a holiday for […]

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