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UMWA Praises Boucher Efforts to Protect Coal Miners' Jobs and the Coal Industry
The UMWA released this today – Not just fighting for the rights of workers, but for the jobs of workers! United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts today made… more →
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Just Another Redneck 4th of July Weekend....
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trailerparkbarbie wrote 4 months ago: It goes without saying that ’round these parts, fireworks (or as we call them, “farwor … more →
UMWA Praises Boucher Efforts to Protect Coal Miners' Jobs and the Coal Industry
John L. Lewis wrote 6 months ago: The UMWA released this today – Not just fighting for the rights of workers, but for the jobs o … more →
Remembering the Pittson Strike
John L. Lewis wrote 6 months ago: Go here: UMWJrlMarApr09FIN.pdf application/pdf Object. … more →
UMWA Praises Obama’s MSHA Budget
John L. Lewis wrote 6 months ago: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 7, 2009 UMWA Praises Obama’s MSHA Budget United Mine Workers of America In … more →
Employee Free Choice Act - Voices
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Cecil Roberts: As nation rethinks coal policies, let's remember how we got where we are today
John L. Lewis wrote 6 months ago: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Seems like everywhere you turn these days, somebody’s talking about … more →
Does Wal-Mart really care? Big Blue takes on Big Coal
John L. Lewis wrote 7 months ago: [youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNb_JHvOK5k&feature=player_embedded] That’s right, … more →
Cecil Roberts (UMWA) President on the Ludlow Massacre
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John L. Lewis wrote 7 months ago: President Roberts has become the finest UMWA president since John L., and like John L. and fine wine … more →
The Ludlow Massacre
John L. Lewis wrote 7 months ago: Progressives today don’t have to reinvent the wheel. We’re fighting for the same things … more →
Consol's top coal-to-gasoline executive retires
John L. Lewis wrote 10 months ago: CHARLESTON, W.Va.–The Consol Energy executive who headed the company’s effort to build a … more →
ExxonMobil sells Monterey coal mine - Will new owners keep the Union?
John L. Lewis wrote 10 months ago: CARLINVILLE — The Monterey coal mine near Carlinville has been sold. ExxonMobil spokeswoman Margaret … more →
UMWA marks 119th birthday
John L. Lewis wrote 10 months ago: United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following … more →
Alabama attorney general’s intervention in Benjamin, Massey recusal outrageous, UMWA says
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Joel wrote 10 months ago: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 23, 2009 CONTACT: Phil Smith 703-208-7241 Alabama attorney general’s i … more →
AFL-CIO, the mountains, Barack and hope
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Mo Brock wrote 10 months ago: I wasn’t sure how to title this ramble. It’s a little about mountaintop removal mining … more →
Jospeh Mairs, martyr for miners
John L. Lewis wrote 10 months ago: The years 1913 and 1914 were black days for Ladysmith and a good part of Vancouver Island. The blood … more →
Cecil Roberts - Mining in a perfect world (2007)
John L. Lewis wrote 10 months ago: In 2007, the world watched as courageous men and women in Utah attempted to dig out hoped for surviv … more →
There Was Blood: The Ludlow massacre revisited.
John L. Lewis wrote 10 months ago: In the spring of 1914, members of the Colorado National Guard machine-gunned and set fire to tents i … more →
Black Lung Disease on the Rise
John L. Lewis wrote 10 months ago: In September 2007, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) confirmed what … more →
US mine deaths fall to 51, the lowest on record
John L. Lewis wrote 10 months ago: FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The number of miners killed on the job in the United States fell to 51 in 2008 … more →
