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	John L. Lewis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lewis, in fact, was the CIO: the UMWA provided the great bulk of the financial resources that the CIO poured into organizing drives by the United Automobile Workers, the United Steel Workers of America, the Textile Workers Union and other newly formed or struggling unions.
		Lewis continued to be as autocratic as ever within the UMWA: until the passage of the Landrum-Griffin Act in 1959, the UMWA had kept a number of its districts in trusteeship for decades, meaning that Lewis appointed union officers who otherwise would have been elected by the membership.
		Lewis retired as president of the UMWA in 1960 and was succeeded as president by Thomas Kennedy until his death in 1963, when he was succeeded by Lewis-anointed successor W.A. "Tony" Boyle, who was just as dictatorial, but without any of Lewis' leadership skills or vision.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_L._Lewis (1430 words)

	UMWA on behalf of William Keith Burgess, et. al. v. Secretary of Labor, et. al.
		In the complaint the UMWA alleged that MSHA officials had disclosed in violation of section 103(g) the identity of miners who sent the May 24 letter and, in so doing, had also interfered with the exercise of the complainants' rights in violation of 105(c)(1) of the Mine Act.
		The UMWA's argument that MSHA is liable to the extent that it ratifies the illegal conduct of its employees must fail.
		In its complaint, the UMWA stated that "Meredith's change in policy toward the Complainants" was the basis for its allegation of violation of section 105(c).
	www.msha.gov /SOLICITOR/FMSHRC/decision/98070691.htm (4891 words)

	Charges brought by dissident US miners - UMWA officials named in assault
		One of the miners, Richard Cicci, financial secretary of UMWA Local 1197 and a worker at Rochester and Pittsburgh's Eighty-Four Mine in Washington County, Pennsylvania, was struck on the head with a stick and suffered a gash over his ear that required nine stitches.
		UMWA lawyers brought to the hearing a prepared statement which was presented to the president of Local 1197 for his signature.
		In the wake of the indictments, the UMWA bureaucracy is continuing its tactic of blaming members of the opposition group for the April 1 assault.
	www.wsws.org /workers/1998/apr1998/umw-a30.shtml (1044 words)

	A Brief History of the UMWA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The richness of the UMWA's history is a testament to the firm determination imbedded in the hearts and minds of the coal miners of North America to build and maintain a strong, enduring union.
		The UMWA was an influential member of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and was the driving force behind the creation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
		Since its beginning, the UMWA has pushed for technical and statutory advances to protect "life, health and limb." Because of the dust created in coal mines, the UMWA was forced to become expert in occupational lung diseases such as silicosis and pneumoconiosis.
	www.umwa.org /history/hist1.shtml (760 words)

	amywebpage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The UMWA was able to establish three local unions with a membership of about 1,500 and obtained a secure hold on Harlan County for the first time.
		From the onset of the appearance of the UMWA, strikes and shootings occurred to discourage union intervention.
		The UMWA is fairly strong in the underground mining in the West, but such mining accounts for only about ten percent of total production as compared with over fifty percent in the East.
	athena.english.vt.edu /~appalach/stupages/strikes.htm (2391 words)

	The Militant - August 6, 2001 -- Coal miners rally against Ohio Valley's attacks on the UMWA
		As the Powhatan Point rally got underway, UMWA international secretary-treasurer Carlo Tarley announced that another group of miners and their supporters were that same day marching to Ohio Valley's mine in Galatia, Illinois.
		She said that she was among the 24 members of the union negotiating team fired for going to the offices of their employer, Voca/Rescare, a large operator of health-care facilities, and asking to speak with the CEO of the company about providing employees with affordable health insurance.
		UMWA officer Tarley told the rally that Ohio Valley owner Murray "told us that 'I need the people, but I can't hire off the panel,'" referring to a seniority roster of out-of-work union miners.
	www.themilitant.com /2001/6530/653003.html (1166 words)

	Testimony of Eugene Trisko, Apr. 8, 2003
		I have worked with the UMWA for some 20 years on issues related to the Clean Air Act and global climate change, including the development and implementation of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the Byrd-Hagel climate resolution, and the proposed Clear Skies Act.
		UMWA members mine, process and transport coal in their daily jobs.
		UMWA is particularly concerned that efforts to craft new multi-emission control legislation should remain focused – as the Clear Skies Act is - on reducing the air pollutants contributing to air quality problems such as nonattainment with EPA’s new 8-hour ozone and PM2.5 standards.
	epw.senate.gov /108th/Trisko_040803.htm (2024 words)

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		Establishment and coverage of 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan -STATUTE- (a) Creation of plan (1) In general As soon as practicable after the enactment date, the settlors shall create a separate private plan which shall be known as the United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan.
		The settlors shall be responsible for designing the structure, administration and terms of the 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan, and for appointment and removal of the members of the board of trustees.
		In no event shall the 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan provide health benefits coverage to any eligible beneficiary who is a coal industry retiree who retired from the coal industry after September 30, 1994, or any beneficiary of such individual.
	uscode.house.gov /download/pls/26C99.txt (5287 words)

	West Virginia History Volume 52 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Some UMWA officials initially saw a strategic advantage in the penetration of a union-owned coal company into this non-union district where the UMWA was locked in a bitter struggle for survival.
		On March 21, 1923, Percy Tetlow, President of UMWA District 17, informed Philip Murray, acting president of the UMWA while Lewis was in Europe, that the CRC did not plan to abide by an earlier agreement to operate the mines on a union basis.
		In February 1924, the UMWA and coal operators in the Central Competitive Field (western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois) negotiated a three-year contract known as the Jacksonville Agreement.
	www.wvculture.org /history/journal_wvh/wvh52-6.html (5043 words)

	A STRIKE LIKE NO OTHER STRIKE: LAW AND RESISTANCE DURING THE PITTSTON COAL STRIKE OF 1989-1990
		The main issues of contention in the new negotiations between Pittston and the UMWA were subcontracting, the introduction of irregular work schedules and Sunday shifts, and the drastic limitation of health and pension benefits for retired and disabled miners and their dependents and beneficiaries.
		While the UMWA distanced itself from these acts, and many strikers claimed that reports were exaggerated or outright fabricated, the legal system saw this phase as utter defiance of the orderly operation of society.
		He does identify a coordinated campaign on the part of the UMWA to encourage strikers to frame Pittston’s actions as illegal, but much of the material he presents hints at an underlying conception of justice countering both the formal structure of the law of labor relations and judges’ applications of federal and state laws.
	www.bsos.umd.edu /gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/brisbin-richard.htm (2049 words)

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		The UMWA was able to build on the success of the WFM, and by August 1904 it had seven local unions stretching from Fernie to Bellevue with a combined membership of over 4,000.
		As a consequence, the UMWA locals and their leaders were given considerable respect by the owners and management of the coal mines and by government officials.
		By working together, the five UMWA local unions were able to co-ordinate their struggles with the coal companies, have a larger impact on the direction of District 18 and strengthen the bonds of solidarity among miners and their families throughout the Pass.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~langford/world-apart.htm (4236 words)

	UMWA Press Releases
		It clarified how the 1992 Coal Act contained a promise to UMWA coal miners of lifetime health care benefits, and how the legislation was intended to prevent coal operators from being able to walk away from their obligation to pay for their retired miners' health care benefitsBincluding through the bankruptcy process.
		As UMWA members were being arrested in Lexington, Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards was on a front porch in Beckley, discussing the Horizon bankruptcy injustice with UMWA member Darrell Todd and his wife.
		For that reason, the UMWA is calling on its members — and all working Americans — to ask candidates running for federal office this year where they stand on the issues of bankruptcy law reform, a national health-care policy and finding a long-term solution to the Coal Act’s funding problems.
	www.orgsites.com /ky/reformbankruptcylaws/_pgg7.php3 (3738 words)

	Uganda Media Women's Association (UMWA) Call for Support
		On December 20th 2001, Uganda Media Women's Association, UMWA, received an invoice totalling to Ug shs 7,623,000 from the office of the President.
		This is inspite of and yet representatives from UMWA who run this project on several occasions been in touch with the Ministry responsible without the latter mentioning this requirement.
		Mama FM and indeed UMWA is complementing government's efforts as it is acting within the Ministry's mandate.
	www.wougnet.org /Documents/UMWA/MAMAcampaign.html (633 words)

	The Militant - Vol. 68/No. 48 - December 28, 2004 -- front page
		In the face of a looming victory for the UMWA in the election, bosses at C.W. Mining, which runs the Co-Op mine, moved December 9 to fire all but a handful of the Mexican-born workers for allegedly not having valid documentation showing eligibility to work in the United States.
		As part of the stepped-up campaign of intimidation against UMWA supporters, four of the 17 miners listed in a federal lawsuit filed in September by C.W. Mining and the International Association of United Workers Union (IAUWU), which workers say is run by the company, have been served with court papers.
		The UMWA and its officers, the individual Co-Op miners, and the Militant, Salt Lake Tribune, and Deseret Morning News remain prominent targets of the suit.
	www.themilitant.com /2004/6848/index.shtml (2093 words)

	The Militant - April 4, 2005 -- Utah mine bosses respond to UMWA brief
		The union and the workers who have been leading the fight for UMWA representation at the coal mine are central targets of the harassment lawsuit by the Kingstons, the owners of C.W. Mining (CWM).
		The miners fighting for UMWA representation at Co-Op have long explained that the IAUWU is nothing more than an outfit created and run by the bosses, which has never spoken for or supported the workers.
		“UMWA and its agents repeatedly stated that CWM fired some 74 workers for seeking union representation, called in the sheriff to kick them off the property, and locked them out,” says the March 16 Kingston reply to the UMWA legal brief asking for dismissal of the case.
	www.themilitant.com /2005/6913/691356.html (669 words)

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		"The UMWA is holding training this week for our displaced Cannelton miners, and for some reason, the West Virginia state police have been dispatched twice to the local hall in the past two days to see what is going on," said Roberts.
		Roberts said the UMWA appreciates the fine work the West Virginia state police–and all public safety workers–do, but their job is to protect citizens and enforce the law, not investigate why parking lots are full for meetings.
		The UMWA continues to believe that Massey’s reluctance to hire these experienced miners can only be because of one of two things.
	resistoppression.blogspot.com /2005/01/umwa-questions-frequency-of-recent.html (570 words)

	FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The UMWA further alleged that Arch, Apogee, and Ark Land "are a single employer and/or alter egos, and thus are all bound by the 1998 NBCWA with respect to the Lynch coal mining complex." On November 7, 2001, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky granted defendants-appellees' motions for summary judgment.
		The UMWA has conceded that all of Apogee's mines were closed in good faith, for legitimate economic reasons.
		UMWA, 444 U.S. Here, the fact that the language of the successorship clause has remained unchanged since 1974 is compelling evidence that prior courts' determinations that the term "operations" refers to active mines and not to mines closed in good faith for economic reasons was consistent with the intent of the parties.
	laws.lp.findlaw.com /6th/03a0179p.html (2889 words)

	West Virginia's Mine Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As a leader of the UMWA's efforts to organize the state, Jones became known for her fiery (and often obscene) verbal attacks on coal operators and politicians.
		Corrupt UMWA leaders were ousted and a group of young rank- and-file miners were elected.
		In November 1916, Frank Keeney was chosen president of UMWA District 17, and Fred Mooney was chosen secretary-treasurer.
	www.wvculture.org /history/minewars.html (3061 words)

	UMWA Obituary
		Tetlow's career embraced virtually every position and honor that could be bestowed upon him by the UMWA and by the governments of his home state of Ohio and the United States.
		The list of offices he has held in the UMWA is long and he served in every one of them with distinction and honor.
		Typical of his remarks on such subjects are a couple of paragraphs from a speech he made to the UMWA convention in Cincinnati in 1956.
	www.tetlow.co.uk /umwa_obituary.htm (2092 words)

	Guide to the United Mine Workers of America, District #5 Papers, 1896-1984
		The UMWA had been the largest and most powerful union in the country at the close of the First World War, but it was nearly destroyed by the end of the 1920s and remained powerless until 1933.
		The "Miller Era" of the UMWA was characterized by democratization of the union, which particularly appealed to former supporters of Yablonski, disabled miners and retirees.
		UMWA, which was brought against the union for interfering with the movement of coal trucks during picketing, represents the majority of material in this series.
	www.lib.iup.edu /depts/speccol/ead/mg66.html (6485 words)

	The Militant - September 18, 2000 -- UMWA wins demands against Peabody
		The settlement followed the victory of a recent strike battle by the UMWA against Pittsburg and Midway Coal Co. at mines in New Mexico and Wyoming.
		The agreement includes a wage increase of 32 cents an hour each of the five years of the contract, continued 100 percent company payment for medical costs, and a substantial increase in retirement benefits.
		The growing solidarity throughout the West with the UMWA strike against P&M was a decisive factor in pushing back the bosses' assault on the union.
	www.themilitant.com /2000/6435/643554.html (469 words)

	An interview with dissident US miner Richard Cicci
		Five union officials were later charged in the assault: four of whom are on the payroll of the UMWA, and the fifth, one of their sons.
		However, a local magistrate dismissed or reduced most of the charges against the UMWA officials despite testimony from nine witnesses, including several of those who were beaten and a police officer who witnessed the attack.
		If they voted against the UMWA because of what happened on Mitchell Day it is because they did not want to be in an organization that attacks its opponents.
	www.wsws.org /workers/1998/sep1998/cic-s16.shtml (3702 words)

	RESIST OPPRESSION: 08/01/2004 - 08/31/2004
		On Aug. 6, Howard issued a ruling that granted Horizon's request to void its contracts with the UMWA and cancel health care benefits for thousands of active and retired miners.
		Prior to issuing this decision, UMWA International President Cecil Roberts and several other union advocates testified in court about the extreme economic hardship an adverse ruling would create for some 800 active Horizon miners and some 2,300 Horizon retirees.
		The author of the piece believes that Horizon Natural Resources coal miners, including thousands of UMWA miners and their dependents, should be thankful that our nation's bankruptcy laws have provided them an opportunity to possibly continue working.
	resistoppression.blogspot.com /2004_08_22_resistoppression_archive.html (6087 words)

	Coal River 4
		While links between the UMWA and the Coolidge administration have not been uncovered, such an association is not beyond possibility.
		In Cleveland, home of the BLE headquarters, UMWA officials induced the Central Labor Union and the Cleveland Federation of Labor to pressure Stone and the CRC to revise its labor policy.
		In a report to the UMWA International Executive Board, Percy Tetlow painted a grim picture of evicted miners living in shacks and tents, and the pathetic joy of their children when they received union-supplied gifts of candy, nuts and a Christmas tree.
	www.ble.org /canada/History/History4.html (1076 words)

	USCA6 Opinion 01a0142p.06
		Consistent with a long history of federal mediation between the UMWA and the coal industry, Congress passed the Coal Act to ensure the continuation of medical health benefits to coal miner retirees and their families.
		Instead of the "pay as you go" funding structure, the Coal Act assigned an individual miner and his eligible dependants to a particular coal company based on criteria such as the length of employment with that company and whether that company participated in previous collective bargaining agreements.
		In short, Blue Diamond's arguments - that the common history of negotiation between the coal industry and the UMWA leading to the passage of the Coal Act constitutes a "common transaction" - contain no limiting principle analogous to a singular event, such as a car accident, or a singular contract, such as a shareholders agreement.
	www.michbar.org /opinions/us_appeals/2001/050301/10117.html (3636 words)

	UMWA
		Representative Augustine B. Kelley, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, one of the UMWA's best friends on Capitol Hill, died of cancer on November 20 in Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Md. He was 74.
		He will be remembered by UMWA members principally for the valiant fight he carried on for mine safety legislation, a fight that ended finally in victory in 1952 with the passage of the Federal Coal Mine Safety Act - the first Federal mine-safety law with "teeth" in it.
		The late Representative Augustine B. KELLEY was a guest of honor at the 1952 International Convention of the UMWA in Cincinnati.
	www.kelleyfamily.org /umwa.htm (1231 words)

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