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Cecil Roberts re-elected as UMWA president
Here’s some news from the United Mine Workers of America: United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts and International Secretary-Treasurer Daniel J. Kane have been...
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Report: Murray planning 1,800 layoffs
Here’s the report out today from the Wall Street Journal: Coal miner Murray Energy Corp. is set to announce layoffs of around 1,800 workers at nine locations on Friday, according to a person familiar...
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Bipartisan bill aims to fund miner pensions
Here’s the news out of Washington this morning: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced the Miners Protection Act....
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Patriot Coal: Here we go again …
Here’s the news from The Associated Press: Patriot Coal wants a bankruptcy judge’s permission to reject the company’s collective bargaining agreement with union miners and change retirees’ health care...
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UMWA blasts ‘outrageous’ actions by Patriot
Here’s the latest from the United Mine Workers of America, in response to the recent move by Patriot Coal to try to break its union contract: The language of the court documents filed by Patriot Coal...
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Court action continues in Patriot bankruptcy
Patriot Coal is back in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Virginia, today — this time on its motion to be released from its labor contracts with the United Mine Workers union. As The Wall Street...
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UMWA says talks with Patriot Coal buyer ‘the most unproductive’ negotiations...
Here’s the latest word on the Patriot Coal bankruptcy hearing, via The Wall Street Journal’s Jacqueline Palank: A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday “strongly” recommended that Patriot Coal Corp.’s would-be...
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Happy Labor Day
In this Oct. 15, 2014 photo, coal miners return on a buggy after working a shift underground at the Perkins Branch Coal Mine in Cumberland, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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What Trump didn’t tell the coal miners
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump puts on a miners hard hat during a rally in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, May 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Last evening at the Charleston Civic...
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Will Congress protect retired coal miners?
Photo by DYLAN LOVAN / AP — United Mine Workers of America president Cecil Roberts speaks to about 4,000 retired members at the Lexington Center in Lexington, Ky., last Tuesday. Roberts urged members...
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UMWA reaches new deal with Murray
UPDATED: The UMWA rank-and-file rejected this contract proposal. Here’s the news announced this morning by the United Mine Workers of America: The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced...
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Interior drops appeal of Blair Mountain ruling
Word out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is that the Interior Department has dropped its challenge of a recent lower court ruling in favor of citizens and organizations...
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Contract vote a relief for UMWA, Murray Energy
The news Friday evening was certainly welcome for both the United Mine Workers of America union and Murray Energy: Rank-and-file members of the United Mine Workers of America voted Friday to approve...
View ArticlePush continues for UMWA benefits fix
That’s the video of last evening’s press conference outside the U.S. Capitol, where Sen. Joe Manchin and other Democrats joined with United Mine Workers of America retirees to continue their push for...
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Will President-elect Trump help retired coal miners?
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump puts on a miners hard hat during a rally in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, May 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Late last week, a group of Senate...
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Manchin receives pension ‘assurance’ from Trump
Here’s the latest from the office of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) today released the following statement on his conversation with President-Elect Donald Trump on...
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UMWA benefits extension down to the wire – again
We should know perhaps as early as today how things are going to play for legislation aimed at protecting the health-care benefits and pensions for thousands of retired United Mine Workers of...
View ArticleMiners get another week — then what?
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sdmc-media.senate.gov/BROWN/2017+04+26+Full+Coal+Miner+Event+v1.mp4 Lawmakers and UMWA members held another press conference at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. Word...
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UMWA concerned about voluntary MSHA program
The United Mine Workers of America just issued a statement about the latest U.S. coal-mining death that occurred on Monday in Alabama, saying: The entire UMWA family is mourning the loss of our...
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UMWA raises more concerns about MSHA program
We’ve had a Gazette-Mail story and a Coal Tattoo blog post about the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration’s new voluntary training initiative, a program launched in response to a troubling...
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