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Apr. 25, 2024

UMWA’s Roberts comments on EPA’s new Carbon Pollution Standards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 25, 2024   UMWA’s comments on EPA’s new Carbon Pollution Standards [TRANGLE, V.A.] Commenting on the…

Apr. 24, 2024

Members Only - UMWA Reaches Agreement with Maple Grove Center

  The United Mine Workers of America has reached a new agreement with Maple Grove Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in…

Apr. 22, 2024

UMWA's Project 50

Volume 1: Struggle & Win   Editor’s Note: Keeping the UMWA’s history alive and relevant is a critical part of…

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Apr. 25, 2021

UMWA and clean energy advocates face limits to common ground, setbacks amid infrastructure fight

Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail April 25, 2021   “The pain hasn’t let up.” The United Mine Workers of America summed up the plight of coal miners and their communities midway through a plan released last week for what the union called a “true energy transition,” acknowledging U.S. coal industry employment had dropped 52% from 2011 to December 2020. […]

Apr. 24, 2021

Hoppy Kercheval: WV tired of hearing about ‘just transition’ (Opinion)

Source: WV Gazette Mail April 21, 2021   Do not try to lecture United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts about how the migration away from coal and other carbon-based fuels will be a “just transition,” one that promises that the green economy will provide job opportunities and economic growth in the ravaged coalfields. Roberts, 74, […]

Apr. 22, 2021

The UMWA fights for coal jobs and coal communities

The UMWA is once again leading the way to preserve coal jobs and communities! Some news stories are out there with fake news about the UMWA’s plan and what it does. Read for yourself!  Click here to read the complete list of UMWA’s principles for Energy Transition.

Apr. 22, 2021

Mine Workers’ Leader Wants To Save Last Coal Jobs As Biden Tackles Climate

Source: Ohio Valley Resource  April 20, 2021   United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts said he’s been hearing the term “just transition” tossed around for more than 20 years as part of the long-running, nearly Sisyphean discussion about climate change, clean energy, and coal country. Simply put: he’s not a fan. “I ask […]

Apr. 20, 2021

Manchin and UMW’s Roberts push for federal union legislation and improved economics for coal

Source: MetroNews April 19, 2021 Senator Joe Manchin and United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts together endorsed legislation to strengthen labor unions, pushed for federal investments in carbon capture technology, advocated for using coal to make steel in the United States and called for building up coal-producing communities that have languished in recent years. “We’re […]

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