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On May 4, 2017, Congress voted for a government funding bill preserving health care for 22,600 miners, dependents and widows. They did not, however, pass the pension language.

The Miners Pension Protection Act as been introduced in both houses of Congress as S.1105 and H.R.2713.

Contact your Senators and Representatives and tell them to support this legislation.

The UMWA, along with several of its supporters, marched to Consol’s Headquarters on May 17, 2017 to fight for the healthcare and retirement benefits their retirees have earned!

U.S. Senators Joe Manchin III (D-WV), Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Representatives David McKinley (R-WV), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Mike Bost (R-IL) and UMWA International President Cecil E. Roberts spoke on Capitol Hill April 26, 2017 to speak with the press about their efforts to pass the Miners Protection Act.

Call 202-224-3121. Tell your member of Congress to “Keep The Promise” to these retirees. They earned it.

AFA-CWA International President, Sara Nelson, delivers a moving message about the need to pass the Miners Protection Act.

Retired miners tell what will happen to their families and communities if Congress doesn’t Keep the Promise!

President Cecil Roberts gives an update on the current status of the Miners Protection Act.