FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 28, 2023 UMWA reaches tentative collective bargaining agreement with Rem Arms Inc. in Ilion, New York [TRIANGLE, VA.] The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced today that it has reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with RemArms at its Ilion, New York operation. The union is not releasing […]
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UMWA International President Cecil E. Roberts wrote a letter of support for Acting Secretary Su in favor of her nomination as Secretary of Labor. “The resignation of former Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh has left a huge void in our nation’s ability to protect and uplift workers on the job at a critical time. Workplace […]
Source: The Valley Labor Report The Warrior Met Coal strike has been one of the biggest labor stories in Alabama since the miners first walked out on April 1, 2021. The strike came to a fitful end in mid-February, but negotiations between the company and the workers, who are represented by the United Mine Workers of America, have […]
On Thursday, March 30, 2023, Brother Charles Bird, from Clay County, West Virginia, was presented with his 80-year pin from UMWA International President Cecil E. Roberts. Brother Bird started working in the mines when he was only 18 years old, starting in 1943. “I don’t understand why these young miners don’t join the Union and […]