The United Mine Workers of America has entered into a memorandum of understanding with battery maker SPARKZ which is expected to build a plant in West Virginia. UMWA representative and state ...

The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President addressed more than 100 UMWA local union officers Wednesday ... at Patriot operations in West Virginia and Kentucky and more ...

In 1902, the UMWA finally achieved some recognition in the Kanawha-New River Coalfield, its first success in West Virginia. Following the union successes, coal operators had formed the Kanawha County ...

The West Virginia AFL-CIO hosted its 37th annual ... international president of the United Mine Workers of America. Roberts also stressed the importance of not only remembering those who have ...

Massey Energy—which owns the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia ... role of the United Mine Workers union (UMWA). The UMWA established roots in southern West Virginia during ...

UMWA president ... Joe Manchin of West Virginia against attacks that the recently-passed reconciliation climate and tax was bad for the coal industry. Cecil Roberts — who leads the union which ...

Trump administration reverses course on plan to close more than 30 mine safety offices, although two in Kentucky still are ...

The UMWA asked Manchin to consider how the bill could help coal miners. Manchin has had long-standing ties to both the union and the ... in Manchin's state of West Virginia, and has long-standing ...

"[W]e are disappointed that the bill will not pass," Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers of America ... Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, said on Sunday that he couldn't support ...

Child coal miners with mules in Gary, West Virginia ... UMWA organizing effort in the area, local mining companies forced miners to sign yellow-dog contracts that bound them never to join a union.