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Jul. 31, 2016

Boom and betrayal: Retired coal miners losing health benefits as companies file bankruptcy

The Southern Illinoisan

Jul. 29, 2016

40th Anniversary of the National Mine Health and Safety Academy

MSHA

Jul. 27, 2016

Proposed Mine Rule Focuses on Wrong Targets: Industry

Bloomberg BNA

Jul. 26, 2016

Interior drops appeal in Blair Mountain case

Charleston Gazette-Mail

Jul. 26, 2016

Cabin Creek Health Systems offering federal black lung examinations

Charleston Gazette-Mail

Jul. 19, 2016

99 percent of coal dust samples within newest federal limits

Uniontown Herald-Standard (Associated Press)

Jul. 18, 2016

Test results show coal dust rules working, agency says

Pittsburgh Tribune

Jul. 17, 2016

Get this done: Senate action urged on Miners Protection Act

Beckley Register-Herald

Jul. 14, 2016

Labor union and Organization for Black Struggle pledge partnership

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jul. 14, 2016

UMWA members ratify new contracts with Contura, Alpha Natural Resources

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 14, 2016 [TRIANGLE, VA.] Members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) ratified new collective bargaining agreements with Contura Energy, the company that is emerging from the Alpha Natural Resources Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings with operations in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia; and with Alpha itself at several operations in […]

Jul. 11, 2016

Sen. Manchin: We are closer to saving miners’ health, pension benefits

Charleston Gazette-Mail

Jul. 11, 2016

Board Decides Miller & Anderson, Returns to Sturgis Standard

NLRB Press Release

Jul. 8, 2016

Stronger Unions Will Save The Middle Class, Labor Secretary Says

Huffington Post

Jul. 8, 2016

Shafted: Dark Future Possible For Miners Who Kept Our Lights On

Ohio Valley Resource

Jul. 1, 2016

UMWA donates $20,000 to West Virginia flood relief

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 1, 2016 [TRIANGLE, VA.] The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced today that it is donating $20,000 to help the victims of last week’s devastating floods in West Virginia. The union is sending $15,000 to the American Red Cross West Virginia Region for direct assistance to families, and another $5,000 […]

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