United We Bargain:
Get Involved & Know Your Rights
Get Involved & Know Your Rights
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The UMWA welcomes workers in the coal and other mining
industries, manufacturing, health care, public service,
professional services and other trades. UMWA contracts
provide top wages, unmatched health care and pension
benefits, strong health and safety protections and an ability
of workers to have a voice on the job.
industries, manufacturing, health care, public service,
professional services and other trades. UMWA contracts
provide top wages, unmatched health care and pension
benefits, strong health and safety protections and an ability
of workers to have a voice on the job.
| About UMWA Organizing |
If you are a worker who wants a UMWA Organizer to contact you or if you have a question about the UMWA that you would like answered, simply click on the link below and fill out the contact form on the UMWA United We Bargain Contact Us page and someone from the Union will be in touch with you.
I Want A Union!!!
I Want A Union!!!
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"The Fight for Fairness at Fola Continues"...
Coal Miners at Consol/Amvest Fola are organizing and continue to stand in solidarity telling
Fola they WANT A UNION!
Click here to visit the "Fighting for Fairness at Fola" site
Coal Miners at Consol/Amvest Fola are organizing and continue to stand in solidarity telling
Fola they WANT A UNION!
Click here to visit the "Fighting for Fairness at Fola" site
Miners win settlement of age discrimination suit against Massey subsidiary,
Blankenship
More than 200 miners over the age of 40, including 82 members of United Mine Workers of
America (UMWA) Local Union 8843, who applied for work at a West Virginia mine operated
by a subsidiary of Massey Energy will share an $8.75 million settlement of an age
discrimination class action suit they filed against the company and its CEO, Don Blankenship,
in 2006. (MORE >>>)
Blankenship
More than 200 miners over the age of 40, including 82 members of United Mine Workers of
America (UMWA) Local Union 8843, who applied for work at a West Virginia mine operated
by a subsidiary of Massey Energy will share an $8.75 million settlement of an age
discrimination class action suit they filed against the company and its CEO, Don Blankenship,
in 2006. (MORE >>>)
Show your support for the UMWA: Become an Associate Member
United Mine Workers of America members have been on the front lines
of social, economic and workplace justice for 118 years. Get overtime
after working a 40-hour week? Thank the UMWA. Got a pension? Thank
the UMWA. Health care benefits? Thank the UMWA. (MORE >>>)
of social, economic and workplace justice for 118 years. Get overtime
after working a 40-hour week? Thank the UMWA. Got a pension? Thank
the UMWA. Health care benefits? Thank the UMWA. (MORE >>>)