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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…

Apr. 17, 2024

Miner's Health Matters

UMWA International President Cecil E. Roberts, Acting Secretary of the Department of Labor Julie Su, MSHA Assistant Secretary Chris Williamson…

Apr. 16, 2024

United Mine Workers of America Hosts Department of Labor Silica Rule Kickoff Event

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 16, 2024   United Mine Workers of America Hosts Department of Labor Silica Rule Kickoff Event…

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Jun. 10, 2020

Protecting Correctional Officers during the Pandemic

Source: In Public Safety June 10, 2020   When we look back as a nation on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will undoubtedly acknowledge the tragedy and upheaval it caused. But hopefully we will also recognize the necessary changes that the illness prompted.   Spread of COVID-19 in Corrections The virus has taken […]

Jun. 5, 2020

The Miners Who Fought for Workplace Safety Have a Thing or Two to Teach OSHA Right Now

Source: InTheseTimes June 2, 2020   In October 1993, Charles Patrick Hayes, or Pat, was working at a grain bin in Defuniak Springs, a small town in southern Alabama near Fairhope, where Pat was raised. Pat was knocking down corn from the walls of the silo when the crop caved off the sides and crushed […]

Jun. 5, 2020

Nurse on front lines of COVID-19 fight on the Navajo Nation dies

Source: KOB 4 Eyewitness News   SHIPROCK, N.M.- One of the first healthcare workers to fight COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation died. Valerina Singer, also known as Val, was a longtime nurse on the Navajo Nation. As COVID-19 swept across the vast area, Singer was one of the first health care workers on the front […]

Jun. 4, 2020

DNC council’s climate change plan overlooks energy workers and communities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 4, 2020   [WASHINGTON, D.C.] United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “The recommendations issued today by the Democratic National Committee’s Environment and Climate Crisis Council are technologically, economically and politically unachievable. Worse, the Council puts the burden of meeting an impossible set […]

Jun. 4, 2020

June 4, 2020 – Message from the President

UMWA International President Cecil E. Roberts speaks about the current events our nation is facing.

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