The United Mine Workers of America is urging Sen. Manchin to rethink his opposition to Build Back Better businessinsider.com/coal-…
Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest uprising since the American Civil War, in which the US Army was ordered to crush United Mine Workers of America for striking against unfair labor practices.
The United Mine Workers of America is urging Sen. "Coal Owned" Manchin to rethink his opposition to Build Back Better businessinsider.com/coal-…
Fannie Sellins was an American union organizer who was murdered by deputies policing a picket line on this day in 1919, while working for the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) in Pennsylvania.
United Mine Workers of America go on strike in Alabama twitter.com/MineWorkers/s…
TIL - In the spring of 1922, the United Mine Workers of America announced a national strike. And then, that summer in Herrin, Illinois, 23 people were murdered over two days. Men, women, and children came out of their houses to watch, and in some cases, to take part in the violence. americanheritage.com/1922…
John Rankin Lawson, born on this day in 1871, was a union leader of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) at the time of the Colorado Coalfield War and the Ludlow Massacre (a violent suppression of a coal worker's strike).
Xpost: United Mine Workers of America go on strike in Alabama reddit.com/r/Alabama/comm…
The Battle of Virden (1898): The Battle of Virden was an armed labor union conflict that occurred on this day in 1898 when members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) surrounded a train full of strikebreakers in central Illinois.
The Battle of Virden (1898): The Battle of Virden was an armed labor union conflict that occurred on this day in 1898 when members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) surrounded a train full of strikebreakers in central Illinois.
Kentucky: The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) endorse Rocky Adkins (D) for Governor, Greg Stumbo (D) for Attorney General, Heather French Henry (D) for Secretary of State, and Robert Haley Conway (D) for Agriculture Commissioner twitter.com/politico_chri…
TIL about William Sidney "Sid" Hatfield (May 15, 1891– August 1, 1921), Police Chief of Matewan, WV, Labor hero, and staunch supporter of the United Mine Workers of America. He became a local celebrity after defending strikers against the Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency during The Battle of Matewan. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid…
[October 29, 1919] In a conference in Indianapolis, the United Mine Workers of America insist a strike will still occur on November 1 despite President Wilson's threats.
This was the top story in most of the papers today. The meeting in Indianapolis was much anticipated by the press. Wilson has threatened harsh action against a strike but the union was not swayed, although it is still open to negotiating for higher wages. This is the NYT link to the headline.
Beshear/Coleman Gains Endorsement of United Mine Workers of America medium.com/@andybeshear/b…
TDIH: January 22, 1890, The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni…
[September 9, 1919] Fourth biennial and twenty-seventh consecutive convention, United Mine Workers of America held at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1919
Workers of the World united for a Soviet America! - Communist rally in the United States
United Mine Workers of America standing against the mine owners during the Coal Wars (1912, colorized)
In May 1902, John Mitchell and the United Mine Workers of America launched a strike in Pennsylvania’s Coal Region that changed the course of American labor history. wynninghistory.com/2019/0…
Officer of UMWA (United Mine Workers of America). Herrin, Illinois, 1939
The American Experience: The Mine Wars | Documentary about United Mine Workers of America early 20th Century fight in West Virginia pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe…
GOP-Backed Measure Would Let Coal Companies Transfer Cost Of Sick Miners To U.S. Taxpayers | “Some elements of the coal industry have come in at the last minute to try to steal health care and pension funding from retirees,” said Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers of America. huffingtonpost.com/entry/…
S. 1911: A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer certain funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, and for other purposes.
Introduced: Sponsor: Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Finance which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.
4 cosponsors are on that committee.
United Mine Workers of America president arrested during protest at Consol headquarters wpxi.com/news/top-stories…
United Mine Workers of America Rip McCain a New One-Defend Obama umwa.org/index.php?q=news…
Busloads of United Mine Workers of America miners and retirees roared in protest outside Patriot Coal headquarters Monday, as the bankrupt company looks to nix a union contract that includes pension contributions and health benefits bigstory.ap.org/article/e…
United Mine Workers of America rally for Alison Lundergan Grimes in Pikeville - "It has been one of the most talked about endorsements in the U.S. Senate race, especially in our region." wkyt.com/wymt/home/headli…
United Mine Workers of America rally for Alison Lundergan Grimes in Pikeville - "It has been one of the most talked about endorsements in the U.S. Senate race, especially in our region." wkyt.com/wymt/home/headli…
United Mine Workers of America Labor Day float, 1908. [800x513]
Workers of the World united for a Soviet America! - Communist rally in the United States
James Larkin, an Irish hero of mine and a man that understood the stepping stones to a truly free workers party. He died before he could see a united Ireland but he made sure to set in place the foundations for a free person. (freeish)
Trouble in Coal Country for Obama: the president of the United Mine Workers of America compared the way Obama has treated the coal industry to the Navy SEALs' killing of Osama bin Laden. online.wsj.com/article/SB…
The United States is a LOOSH gold mine due to the current standard of worker exploitation by corporations /r/EscapingPrisonPlanet/c…
S. 1714: A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the 1974 United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, and for other purposes.
Introduced: Sponsor: Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Finance which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.
4 cosponsors are on that committee.
