United States 1890 The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is an industrial labor union that was formed in 1890 by the joining of the National Progressive Union of Miners and Mine Laborers and the Knights of Labor Trade Assembly No. 135. The UMWA...

United States 1919 When a large number of coal miners in the Belleville sub-district of Illinois struck briefly in early July 1919 to protest the jailing of labor activist Tom Mooney, they were fined under the terms of their union contract. When the...

The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a United States labor union that represents workers in mining. One of the groups in the forefront of the fight for collective bargaining in the early 20th century, the UMW was founded in Columbus,...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) _ The United Mine Workers union began taking down picket lines Tuesday, fueling hope of a settlement in an occasionally violent, six-month strike that involved 17,500 workers in seven states. A union official cautioned, however, that details weren't complete on...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An oil industry union leader told United Mine Workers delegates Thursday the time is right for a national energy workers union, although talks on that kind of merger have failed to result in an agreement over the past three...

Hours after workers at a coal mine near this southern Illinois community walked off the job, the corporate owner announced the mine will close.Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. cited financial considerations Wednesday when it announced that that its affiliate, Wabash Mine Holding Co., will shutter the...

John Edwards won the endorsement of the United Steelworkers and the United Mine Workers of America as more than 1,000 union members cheered the Democratic presidential candidate."America was not built on Wall Street. America was built by steelworkers and mine workers," Edwards told supporters at...