• The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners. Today, the Union also represents...
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  • volume 330 United States v. United Mine Workers of America, 330 U.S. 258, 267-69 (1947). United Mine Workers, 330 U.S. at 269. United Mine Workers, 330 U...
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    The United Mine Workers of America Building is an historic building at 900 Fifteenth St. NW in the Downtown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Built in...
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    Ludlow Massacre (category Labor disputes led by the United Mine Workers of America)
    massacre was the seminal event of the 1913–1914 Colorado Coalfield War, which began with a general United Mine Workers of America strike against poor labor...
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  • article: United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs, 383 U.S. 715 (1966), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the...
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    John L. Lewis (category Presidents of the United Mine Workers)
    1880 – June 11, 1969) was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960. A...
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    agents of the Baldwin-Felts and local miners, who later joined the United Mine Workers of America, sparked what became known as the Battle of Blair Mountain...
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    pendent jurisdiction (United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs, 383 U.S. 715 (1966)) and a superseding of the Court's treatment of pendent party jurisdiction...
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    the Communist League of America merged with the American Workers Party led by A. J. Muste, forming the Workers Party of the United States.: 775–778  Throughout...
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    founding of the United Mine Workers union in 1890, coal mines in Mingo County, West Virginia and its surrounds hired only non-union workers, and strictly...
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  • United Mine Workers of America v. Bagwell, 512 U.S. 821 (1994), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court laid out the constitutional limitations...
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    ONLINE Fox, Maier B. United We Stand: The United Mine Workers of America 1890-1990. International Union, United Mine Workers of America, 1990. Grossman, Jonathan...
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    United Mine Workers of America The 11th district is based in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, including all of Lancaster County and the southern half of York...
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  • W. A. Boyle (category Presidents of the United Mine Workers)
    1985) was an American miner, union leader, and convicted murder-for-hire conspirator. He became president of the United Mine Workers of America union in 1963...
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  • United Mine Workers of America, 325 U.S. 161 (1945), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States dealing with the compensation of mine...
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    Mike Caputo (category American coal miners)
    Rivesville High School. He is a career coal miner and a member of the United Mine Workers of America. In February 2023, Caputo cast the only vote against the...
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  • bargain with the United Mine Workers of America. In 1952, a contract was negotiated between the two organizations raising wages for workers by $1.90. Another...
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  • Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. Mine Workers, 531 U.S. 57 (2000), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that public policy...
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  • Anita Cherry (category American coal miners)
    underground coal mine in the United States. They were also the first female members of United Mine Workers of America to work inside a mine, despite the tradition...
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  • Commercial Workers (UFCW) United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) United Steelworkers (USW) United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers (Roofers...
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    Mother Jones (category United Mine Workers of America people)
    involved mainly with the United Mine Workers (UMW). She frequently led UMW strikers in picketing and encouraged striking workers to stay on strike when...
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  • Joseph Yablonski (category United Mine Workers of America people)
    Yablonski (March 3, 1910 – December 31, 1969) was an American labor leader in the United Mine Workers in the 1950s and 1960s known for seeking reform in...
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  • Council of Gas and By-Product Coke Workers in 1935. In 1936, it affiliated to the United Mine Workers of America (UMW), which designated it as its District...
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  • records; ×1000) Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) is a United States labor union that was founded in 1934 by subway workers in New York City, then...
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  • Louis Tikas (category United Mine Workers of America people)
    United Mine Workers of America a couple years after the massacre, stands near the site to commemorate the dead strikers and their families. Murder of...
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    2024 Indiana gubernatorial election (category 2024 United States gubernatorial elections)
    (2013–present) Labor unions American Federation of Teachers – Indiana Communications Workers of America United Mine Workers of America Political parties Indiana...
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    John Brophy (labor) (category Presidents of the United Mine Workers)
    (1883–1963) was an important figure in the United Mine Workers of America (UWMA) in the 1920s and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s...
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  • Harlan County War (category Labor disputes led by the United Mine Workers of America)
    unrest created within Harlan's impoverished labor force, the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) attempted to organize the county's miners. Employees who...
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    caused by silica and not coal dust. The miners' union, the United Mine Workers of America, realized that rapid mechanization meant drills that produced...
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    "Virginia - COMPAC Endorsements". United Mine Workers of America. Retrieved April 2, 2024. "2024 Election United States Senate - Virginia". fec.gov....
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