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The Bituminous coal strike of 1974 was a 28-day national coal strike in the United States led by the United Mine Workers of America. It is generally considered a successful strike by the union. It is generally considered a successful strike by the union.
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.
The United Mine Workers conducted a strike in Colorado, called in October 1903 by President Mitchell, and lasting into 1904. The strike, while overshadowed by a simultaneous strike conducted by the Western Federation of Miners among hard rock miners in the Cripple Creek District, contributed to the labor struggles in Colorado. These came to be ...
Alabama miners' strike of 1920: United States Alabama: 1920 United Mine Workers: Anaconda Road massacre: United States Montana: 1920 Industrial Workers of the World: Anthracite coal strike of 1902: United States Pennsylvania: 1902 United Mine Workers: Arizona copper mine strike of 1983: United States Arizona: 1983–1986 Asbestos strike of 1949 ...
The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) has cleared members to return to work at Alabama’s Warrior Met coal mine after a nearly two-year strike. UMWA President Cecil Roberts announced Thursday ...
During the first month of the strike the UMWA organizers kept peace, but subsequently the mine operators hired the Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency to break the strike. After 300 Baldwin-Felts Detectives arrived, the labor organizer Mother Jones also arrived and was subsequently arrested. The strike lasted from April 18, 1912, through July 1913.
A $9.8 million grant was approved by the U.S. Department of Energy to fund the establishment of a lithium iron phosphate raw material production facility in Taylor County.
It was founded in 1950 by various companies to deal with the UMWA and unionizing of mines during the change from human labor to mechanical labor. [1] The BCOA would strike deals between miners, mine companies, and coal buying companies to provide a steady flow of continuous labor and a steady purchasing price for coal.