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Warrior Met demands to fire 40 strikers without due process

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 2, 2022 Warrior Met demands to fire 40 strikers without due process   [MCCALLA, AL] Responding to a demand by Warrior Met Coal, Inc. that it would not allow 40 striking United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) members to return to work, UMWA International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following […]

UMWA Statement on Trapped Mexican Miners

[TRIANGLE, VA.] With rescue efforts ongoing to reach ten miners trapped underground by water near Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico, United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “The prayers of the entire UMWA are with the trapped miners and the efforts of the rescuers struggling to reach them. While […]

NLRB demand for UMWA to pay Warrior Met Coal strike costs “outrageous,” threatens American workers’ right to strike

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 3, 2022 NLRB demand for UMWA to pay Warrior Met Coal strike costs “outrageous,” threatens American workers’ right to strike   [TRIANGLE, VA.] The United Mine Workers of America today made it clear that it will vigorously challenge an outrageous assessment of damages made by the National Labor Relations Board Region […]

Time for some truth about the Inflation Adjustment Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 2, 2022 Time for some truth about the Inflation Adjustment Act   [CHARLESTON, W.VA.] United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: “I have been around Washington, D.C. for more than 40 years in the service of the UMWA’s members, which means I […]

UMWA applauds Inflation Reduction Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 28, 2022   UMWA applauds Inflation Reduction Act [TRIANGLE, VA.] Commenting on provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that would provide full and permanent funding for the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, and other provisions that will provide much needed help to distressed coalfield communities, United Mine Workers of America […]

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