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Trump Just Escalated His War on Coal Miners. Their Unions Are Fighting Back.
The Trump administration’s feckless business-first, workers-last approach is leaving the nation’s coal miners to die—and now ...
‘Significant downsizing’: Federal agency job cuts hit NIOSH hard in Morgantown. Here’s why workers and local economies are vulnerable — and what to do if you’re …
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Coal industry sees hope with Trump's executive order, says mine workers' union
After President Trump signed an executive order to boost the coal industry, the labor union United Mine Workers of America is ...
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Coal mine revenue, production dwarf compliance costs as unions fight for silica rule
The United Mine Workers of America and the United Steelworkers on Monday filed a motion to intervene in a federal court case brought by industry groups who claim the rule is too onerous, in which the ...
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Coal Miners Sue Trump Admin After It Halts Black Lung Protections
In These Times writes that the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and the AFL-CIO’s United Steelworkers have filed litigation against the Mine Safety and Health Administration which ...
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Filings: Justice firms skipping retiree health coverage, executives ignoring fines
W.Va.’s coal companies are again failing to provide retirees health care coverage in violation of a collective bargaining ...
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Voices from coal country say closures of MSHA offices will endanger mine safety
When union organizers showed up, the companies retaliated. Membership in the United Mine Workers union peaked in 1946, then plummeted as government support waned and the industry waged an all-out ...