Cuts are due to “market conditions” including “pending natural gas conversions” at coal-fired power plants in the region, ...

The longtime leader of the United Mine Workers of America, Cecil Roberts, is retiring.Roberts, a West Virginia native who has ...

Longtime United Mine Workers Union President Cecil Roberts has announced his retirement bringing to a close 30-years of ...

Long-time leader of the United Mine Workers of America and Kanawha County native Cecil Roberts says he is concerned about ...

Cecil Roberts, the longtime leader of the United Mine Workers of America union, has announced his retirement. The UMWA International president plans to retire in October after 30 years in that ...

Legislation advancing in the West Virginia Legislature to end civil service protections for new hires in some state agencies ...

She became involved with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), and in speeches throughout the coalfields, Mother Jones utilized a visceral form of maternalist politics to advocate for miners.

Cleveland-Cliffs said it is temporarily idling its Minorca mine in Virginia, Minn., as well as part of Hibbing Taconite, two ...

[Photo: Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee] The current president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), Cecil Roberts, served under former UMWA and AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka ...

In one instance when the United Mine Workers went on strike in 1943, newspapers condemned the miners as traitors. On June 25, 1943, Congress passed the War Labor Disputes (Smith-Connally ...