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  2. Pittston Coal strike - Wikipedia

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    Pittston refused to give in to the UMWA's demands although it operated at a loss, and the strike continued. Unable to meet the financial needs of the strikers, the UMWA started to suffer as well. As the strike progressed, members of the union were paid less than $210 a week on average, less than a third of the average salary of $640 a week. [8]

  3. United Mine Workers of America - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  4. UMWA: County employees vote in favor of union - AOL

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  5. Bill Blizzard - Wikipedia

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    William H. Blizzard (September 19, 1892 – July 31, 1958) was an American union organizer, a commander of the miners' army during the Battle of Blair Mountain, and president of District 17 of the United Mine Workers (UMWA).

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  8. Thomas Kennedy (unionist) - Wikipedia

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    Kennedy was subsequently elected to the District 7 board of the Mine Workers union in 1908, and as District 7 president in 1910; he served until 1925. During this time, he was UMWA's chief negotiator for contracts with Anthracite coal mine owners. In 1925, he was elected UMWA's secretary-treasurer.

  9. Sarah Blizzard - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Rebecca Blizzard (née Rogers; October 6, 1864 – September 28, 1955) was an American labor activist involved with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). She was the mother of UMWA officer Bill Blizzard, and was known to the coal miners as "Mother" or "Ma" Blizzard. UMWA President Cecil Roberts is her great-grandson. [1]

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