FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 9, 2025
UMWA appreciates Executive Order
[TRIANGLE, VA.] Commenting on President Trump’s Executive Order signed yesterday to revitalize the coal industry, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today:
“We are appreciative of the President’s initiative and his recognition of the critical role coal miners have played—and continue to play—in powering our nation.
“This executive action represents a welcome and much-needed step forward for our members and their communities. We believe it will help maintain coal miners’ jobs for several years to come and can offer a meaningful short-term solution to the decline in coal employment.
“We also believe that sustaining these jobs into the future requires further action. We strongly encourage the administration to look ahead and develop a comprehensive, long-term strategy for the coal industry—one that includes robust support for research, innovation, and technological advancement.
“Coal miners and their communities need more than a temporary reprieve. We want coal workers to have good, stable jobs not just for the next four years, but for the next forty. That future must be built with sustainable policy, investment in new technologies like carbon capture and storage, and support for the economic diversification of coal-producing regions.
“The UMWA stands ready to work with the administration to secure a lasting future for our members and their families.”
