Joint Select Committee Meeting – March 13, 2018

UMWA Members from West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Virginia attended the first meeting of the Joint Select Committee on the solvency of multi-employer pension plans. President Roberts reports on the make-up of the committee and what it needs to accomplish.

Yes to NGS!

Some want to close the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) in Arizona, costing 825 utility and mining jobs. But the UMWA is fighting back!

We say Yes to NGS!

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Preserve Our Pensions

Congress needs to act now to preserve the hard earned pensions our retired coal miners have earned!

Call Congress today at 202-224-3121.

#TheyEarnedIt

UMWA Back on Capitol Hill

UMWA members were back on Capitol Hill to fight for what they deserve and have earned.

#TheyEarnedIt

Call Congress today at 202-224-312 and tell them to support the American Miners Pension Act.

#TheyEarnedIt

UMWA retirees have been fighting for their pensions for 9 years.

We won’t stop until we win! Join us!

New Legislation Introduced to Congress for Miner’s Pensions

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators and representatives announced today the introduction of the “American Miners Pension (AMP) Act.”  The new legislation would protect the pensions of retired coal miners whose pensions have been placed in jeopardy by an unprecedented wave of bankruptcies by coal producers.

October 3, 2017 Press Conference

The lead sponsors of a new bi-partisan, bi-cameral legislation that will be introduced today to preserve hard-won pensions for more than 117,000 active and retired coal miners are holding a press conference today at 11:30 a.m. to discuss the new bill and the innovative approach it takes to solve the looming insolvency of the miners’ pension plan.

Preserving our Pensions

President Roberts talks about the fight to win retirees health care, and the need to preserve pensions. The International Executive Board called for a Special Convention to ensure the Union has the resources to win the pension battle and successfully bargain contracts for our Members.