United Mine Workers of America
United States 1890
Synopsis
The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is an industrial labor union that was formed in 1890 by the joining of the National Progressive Uni...
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United Mine Workers Strike
United States 1919
Synopsis
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 a...
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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 consider...
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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 bu...
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Major labor endorsements made early in the 2004 and 2008 Democratic presidential primary:___2008 Democratic Presidential Primary:Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York:_ United Transportation Unio...
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Today is Thursday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2007. There are 340 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 25, 1981, the 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived in th...
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More than a year after the Sago mine explosion that killed 12 miners, protections for miners who get trapped underground have not yet been implemented, the United Mine Workers president said Wednes...
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Two relatives of men who died inside the Sago Mine last year said the union's new theory about the explosion's cause provides answers they have long wanted.Debbie Hamner and Ann Merideth said they ...
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Underground coal mines must provide up to four days of breathable air to keep miners alive in emergencies such as an explosion or a tunnel collapse, federal regulators announced Thursday.The requir...
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Federal scientists have found new evidence supporting the widely held theory that lightning sparked a massive methane gas explosion that killed 12 coal men in the Sago Mine last January.Sandia Nati...
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Underground coal mine operators must strengthen or replace dense foam blocks that seal off abandoned areas under new state regulations approved Tuesday in response to a deadly explosion that killed...
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United Mine Workers of America
After strike is announced, Foundation Coal says it will close Wabash Mine in Illinois
