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  2. Peabody Reaches $310 Million Settlement as Patriot Coal ... - AOL

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    The agreement -- which requires the bankruptcy court's approval -- will settle all Patriot and UMWA claims related to the bankruptcy filing of Patriot, which was spun off from Peabody in 2007.

  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. Miners for Democracy - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1960s the safety division of the UMWA consisted of a single employee, while the Bureau of mines only had 250 inspectors for 5,400 mines. [10] Robin Kaiser-Schlatzlein claims that this was reflected in the 1968 explosion of the No.9 mine of the Consolidation coal mines in Farmington, West Virginia, which left 78 miners dead.

  5. UMWA to Mon County Commission: We're not going away - AOL

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  6. 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]

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

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  8. Miners Protection Act - Wikipedia

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    The Miners Protection Act was originally introduced in the U.S. Senate on July 7, 2015, by the Senator of West Virginia, Joe Manchin III. [10] The Miners Protection Act was discussed in the 114th Congress between the House of Representatives and the Senate which passed on the bill to the Committee of Finance to further evaluate the proper use of government funds. [11]

  9. Monongalia County Assessor's Office employees to hold UMWA vote

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