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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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May 8, 2020

Mine workers’ union supports Salvation Army

Source: Estevan  May 07, 2020 Estevan Salvation Army director of ministry Ronza Reynard accepts a cheque for $3,000 from Ashley Johnson, the financial secretary for the United Mine Workers of America Local 7606. The union recently made the cheque presentation through a collection that they had for the food bank. Johnson said they chose to […]

May 7, 2020

UMWA supports CFMEU investigation of Queensland mine ignition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 7, 2020   [TRIANGLE, VA.] United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “The reports of an ignition along the longwall face at the Grosvenor mine in Queensland, Australia are very troubling. The hearts and prayers of the entire UMWA family are with the […]

May 7, 2020

UMWA mourns passing of General Counsel Chuck Donnelly

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 7, 2020   [TRIANGLE, VA.] United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today:   “The entire UMWA family joins me in mourning the passing of our General Counsel, Chuck Donnelly, who left us peacefully yesterday evening in Charleston, West Virginia. We lift his […]

Apr. 29, 2020

UMWA furious over Consol’s motion to dissolve Murray Energy

Source: WV MetroNews April 29, 2020   CHARLESTON, W.Va.– The United Mine Workers of America is livid over a request by Consol Energy to have the assets of bankrupt coal producer Murray Energy liquidated. Consol, one of Murray’s largest creditors, recently asked a bankruptcy judge to change the company’s Chapter 11 filing in which they […]

Apr. 29, 2020

Consol Energy threatens jobs, retirement benefits in bankruptcy court filings

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 29, 2020   [TRIANGLE, VA.] Recent filings by Consol Energy in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization case of Murray Energy could, if successful, destroy the jobs of thousands of miners living in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio, the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) said today.   “Consol Energy’s filing asking […]

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