Oct. 30, 2024
Source: The Intelligencer Date: October 30, 2024 The United Mine Workers of America Career Centers in the Greene County community of Ruff Creek will be recruiting and training workers for a manufacturing facility near Morgantown, W.Va., that will be used for lithium iron phosphate raw material production, it was announced Tuesday. The facility, in […]
Oct. 30, 2024
Source: MetroNews Date: October 30, 2024 PROSPERITY, Pa. — SPARKZ, an upstart battery manufacturing company, and the United Mine Workers of America celebrated a $9.8 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to start manufacturing operations in West Virginia. By next year, the closed facility in Taylor County outside Bridgeport on U.S. Route 50 is expected […]
Oct. 30, 2024
Source: Observer – Reporter Date: October, 30, 2024 RUFF CREEK – The United Mine Workers of America Career Centers in Ruff Creek will be recruiting and training workers for a manufacturing facility near Morgantown, W.Va., that will be used for lithium iron phosphate raw material production, it was announced Tuesday. The facility, in Bridgeport, […]
Oct. 28, 2024
Preserving Pensions & Health Care Taking on the Tough Challenges A growing surge of federal and state environmental laws and regulations affecting coal production. Changing priorities for fuel use by the nation’s utilities to generate electricity. Bankruptcies, and then more bankruptcies. Unfair court decisions threatening retirees’ health care and pensions. […]
Oct. 23, 2024
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted along party lines on Wednesday, July 10th to advance an appropriations bill for the federal Department of Labor that contains a provision to block any funding to implement the newly-finalized rule to limit miners’ exposure to dangerous silica dust. The appropriations bill, which outlines how the Department […]
Oct. 22, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 22, 2024 [BRIDGEPORT, W.V.] SPARKZ an innovative next-generation battery manufacturer, and the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced today the awarding of a $9.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The DOE grant will fund a first-of-a-kind production facility for critical raw materials essential for lithium iron […]
Oct. 21, 2024
Source: My ChesCo Date: October 18, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Bob Casey has announced the allocation of $18,480,334 in funding for 21 projects through the Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative. This funding aims to counter the economic challenges faced by regions heavily reliant on coal mining, coal […]
Oct. 18, 2024
Project 2025 is a federal policy blueprint for a radical restructuring of the executive branch authored and published by former Trump administration officials in partnership with The Heritage Foundation, a longstanding conservative think tank that led the opposition to the legislation to protect UMWA retiree’s health care and pensions in 2017 and 2019. One of […]
Oct. 15, 2024
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Oct. 15, 2024
October 15, 2024 On October 13, 2024, the small town of Mt. Olive, Illinois, came alive with pride and reflection as it marked the 125th anniversary of the Union Miners’ Cemetery, a sacred ground for the labor movement. The event, which attracted union members and supporters from across the region, was a poignant reminder […]
Oct. 8, 2024
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Oct. 8, 2024
Source: WBOY Clarksburg Date: October 3, 2024 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — On the heels of last week’s vote by the employees of the Monongalia County Assessor’s Office to join the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), local union leaders say other county employees have expressed an interest in organizing. UMWA District 31 Vice President Mike Payton […]
Oct. 8, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 8, 2024 UMWA Endorses MaryAnn Folz for Monongalia County Commissioner [TRIANGLE, VA.] The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) today announced the endorsement of MaryAnn Folz (R) for Monongalia County Commissioner. “Ms. Folz has demonstrated that she is on the side of working families in Monongalia County,” UMWA District 31 Vice […]
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