Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners. Today, the Union also represents health care workers, truck drivers, manufacturing workers and public employees in the United States and Canada. [ 1 ]
The Bituminous coal strike of 1977–1978 was a 110-day national coal strike in the United States led by the United Mine Workers of America. It began December 6, 1977, and ended on March 19, 1978. It is generally considered a successful union strike, although the contract was not beneficial to union members.
Gestreicher, Richard. "Book Reviews: The Miners' Fight for Democracy: Arnold Miller and the Reform of the United Mine Workers, By Paul F. Clark." Pennsylvania History. 49 (July 1982). Navarro, Peter. "Union Bargaining Power in the Coal Industry, 1945-1981." Industrial and Labor Relations Review. January 1983. "Still in a Hole with Coal." Time.
Articles, local unions, state affiliates, biographies and other items associated with the American and Canadian labor union, the United Mine Workers. Wikimedia Commons has media related to United Mine Workers of America .
Arnold Ray Miller (April 25, 1923 – July 12, 1985) was a miner and labor activist who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), AFL–CIO, from 1972 to 1979. Winning as a reform candidate, he gained positive changes for the miners, including compensation for black lung disease.
Joint resolution to amend the provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 to extend black lung benefits to orphans whose fathers die of pneumoconiosis, and for other purposes. Enacted by: the 92nd United States Congress: Effective: May 19, 1972: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 92–303: Statutes at Large: 86 Stat. 150 ...
The decline of the coal industry and miners that contribute to the UMWA Health and Retirement Funds, results in their inability to provide coverage for retired coal miners. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Miners Protection Act would provide an increase in funds to the organizations that support retired coal miners, such as the United Mine Workers of America ...
United States v. United Mine Workers of America , 330 U.S. 258 (1947), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court examined whether a trial court acted appropriately when it issued a restraining order to prevent a labor strike organized by coal miners. [ 1 ]