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  • Ohio Valley ReSource
    UMWA Wants More Coronavirus Protections for Coal Miners
    Brittany Patterson
    The United Mine Workers of America is asking federal regulators to set uniform, enforceable guidelines to help protect coal miners from contracting…
  • Ohio Valley ReSource
    On Labor Day, Miners Mark Historic Union March
    Emily Allen
    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…
  • Business and the Economy
    Retired Miners Rally for Health Benefits
    Stu Johnson WEKU News
    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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