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  • UMWA Wants More Coronavirus Protections for Coal Miners
    The United Mine Workers of America is asking federal regulators to set uniform, enforceable guidelines to help protect coal miners from contracting…
  • Ninety-eight years ago, thousands of pro-union miners marched toward West Virginia’s Logan County, to protest abuses by coal operators in what was then a…
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    An estimated 3500 retired coal miners and their families rallied on the issue of pension and health care benefits Tuesday in Lexington. The participants…
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