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Sep. 16, 2025

UMWA Members at ACNR and Iron Senergy Ratify New Agreements

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2025   UMWA Members at ACNR and Iron Senergy Ratify New Agreements [TRIANGLE, VA]…

Sep. 7, 2025

Retirees: In Memoriam Mike Veronis

The United Mine Workers of America lost one of its staunchest supporters during the devasting floods that roared through Wheeling,…

Sep. 4, 2025

Mannington Labor Day Picnic takes place amid eroding labor law landscape

Source: Times West Virginian Date: August 30, 2025   FAIRMONT — As the Trump Administration unravels the successes of the labor movement, union…

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Sep. 3, 2018

Labor Day rally in Mannington emphasizes importance of unions, American workers

Source: Fairmont News MANNINGTON – United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, both attended the Labor Day rally held Sunday at Hough Park in Mannington. The annual event draws hundreds of union members and supporters and also serves as a political rallying point during major election years. Roberts recognized […]

Sep. 1, 2018

The UMWA Pension Fight – We will not back down!

27 rallies, 11 different cities, 100,000 attendees… and the fight to preserve your pensions continues.   The UMWA will NOT back down. We will NOT go away. And we must all be prepared to continue the fight!

Aug. 30, 2018

Coal mine to reopen near Mount Carmel, employ 30

Source: The Daily Item MOUNT CARMEL — A coal mine will reopen near Mount Carmel, bringing up to 30 high-paying jobs to the area. Blaschak Coal Corporation, of Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, will receive a $1 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant to “re-engineer, reopen and redevelop a large reserve of Mammoth” anthracite coal in […]

Aug. 9, 2018

Roberts Elected to Sixth Term Leading UMWA

Source: WV MetroNews TRIANGLE, Va. — The United Mine Workers of America elected International President Cecil Roberts to a sixth term, the union announced Wednesday. “I am extremely humbled by this great honor the membership has bestowed upon me, and I stand ready to continue to live up to the tremendous responsibilities that come with this […]

Aug. 8, 2018

Roberts Leadership Team Re-elected to New Term at UMWA Helm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 8, 2018 [TRIANGLE, VA.] Cecil E. Roberts has been elected by acclamation to a sixth full term as International President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) along with his entire slate of returning and new union officers, the UMWA announced today. “I am extremely humbled by this great honor […]

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