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UMWA Urges Swift Action to Pass the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 28, 2023   UMWA Urges Swift Action to Pass the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act   [TRIANGLE, VA] United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today:   “The Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) […]

UMWA Mourns Miner Killed at Central Appalachian Mining

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 27, 2023   UMWA Mourns Miner Killed at Central Appalachian Mining   [TRIANGLE, VA.] United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “The UMWA is saddened to hear of the passing of William Mapes, a Mingo County miner who worked as a contractor […]

West Virginia HB 3270 is Bad for WV Workers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 21, 2023   West Virginia HB 3270 is Bad for WV Workers   [TRIANGLE, VA] United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “Let’s say that your boss, even though he knows that sending you to work in a section of your workplace […]

Union Plus: Exclusive Hearing Savings for Union Families

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Warrior Met Coal Responds to UMWA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2023 Warrior Met Coal Responds to UMWA United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “We received a response from Warrior Met Coal to our unconditional offer to return to work late on February 17. We have replied to the company, asking […]

UMWA issues return to work letter to Warrior Met Coal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 16, 2023 UMWA issues return to work letter to Warrior Met Coal   [BROOKWOOD, ALA.] International President Cecil E. Roberts of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) today sent a letter to Warrior Met Coal CEO Walt Scheller announcing that the UMWA membership who have been on an unfair labor practice […]

Associate Membership Spotlight

Mackenzie New Walker   Mackenzie is a 2018 graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Upon graduation, she immediately went to work for the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum as Director. Under her leadership, the museum obtained several grants that expanded its ability to include many projects, such as Courage in the Hollers, where […]

Veterans Voices: Jay Kolenc

Source: WTRF February 7, 2023 HARRISON COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) – From the coal mine to Korea. Jay Kolenc was 20-years-old when a letter from President Truman told him to report to the draft board in Steubenville 1951. He spent two years in the Army and five more more in the reserves, all with a young […]

Sen. Tim Kaine invites UMWA leader from Bristol to attend State of the Union

SOURCE: wjhl DATE: February 3, 2023 WASHINGTON (WJHL) — A top mining union official from Bristol will accompany U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine at the president’s State of the Union address next Tuesday. The senator invited James Gibbs, an at-large international vice president of the United Mine Workers of America who lives in Bristol, Virginia.  Gibbs […]

UMWA Outraged at Coal Company’s Willful Violation Of Health And Safety Standards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 2023   UMWA Outraged at Coal Company’s Willful Violation Of Health And Safety Standards [TRIANGLE, VA] Commenting on Black Diamond Coal’s guilty plea to willfully violating a mandatory federal health and safety standard, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “I […]

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