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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 ]
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.
A sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is a fund owned by a state (or a political subdivision of a federal state) composed of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, property or other financial instruments. Sovereign wealth funds are entities that manage the national savings for the purposes of investment.
Private and semipublic companies with the most employees in the United States Rank Plan Total Assets (millions) DB Assets (millions) Funded Status FYE 2016 Assumed Rate of Return FYE 2016 1 CalPERS: $336,684 $335,083 73.1% 7.5% 2 CalSTRS: $216,193 $215,318 68.5% 7.6% 3 New York State Common Retirement: $201,263 $201,263 93.7% 7.0% 4
Warrior Met Coal Inc. is a coal mining company that operates several mines in Alabama, including near Brookwood [1] and Bessemer. [2] Warrior Met was formed to buy the assets of Walter Energy after that company declared bankruptcy in 2015, and in the aftermath, many of the workers lost job benefits and labor contracts they had had with Walter. [3]
Research gold funds: When selecting commodity ETFs, pay attention to factors such as the fund’s performance, expense ratios, top holdings, and assets under management. Investors can find this ...
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 .
The Pittston Coal strike was a United States strike action led by the United Mine Workers Union (UMWA) against the Pittston Coal Company, nationally headquartered in Pittston, Pennsylvania. The strike, which lasted from April 5, 1989 to February 20, 1990, resulted from Pittston's termination of health care benefits for approximately 1,500 ...