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In 2012, the UMWA National COMPAC Council did not make an endorsement in the election for President of the United States, citing "Neither candidate has yet demonstrated that he will be on the side of UMWA members and their families as president." [39] In 2014, the UMWA endorsed Kentucky Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes for U.S. Senate. [40]
The Bituminous coal strike of 1977–1978 was a 110-day national coal strike in the United States led by the United Mine Workers of America.It began December 6, 1977, and ended on March 19, 1978.
By 1974, the coal industry led the country for the rate of work stoppages in a year, ten times the rate in other industries. On December 6, 1974, a new National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement resulted in the development of four separate trust funds, replacing the single Welfare and Retirement Funds.
In 1924, Lewis a Republican, [10] framed a plan for a three-year contract between the UMWA and the coal operators, providing for a pay rate of $7.50 per day ($133 in 2023 dollars). President Coolidge and then-Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover were impressed with the plan, and Lewis was offered the post of Secretary of Labor in Coolidge's ...
Unions exist to represent the interests of workers, who form the membership. Under US labor law, the National Labor Relations Act 1935 is the primary statute which gives US unions rights. The rights of members are governed by the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act 1959. List Below
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Miners had once shunned the union for its authoritarian ways but now joined in large numbers. By the end of 1974, UMWA had started 50 organizing campaigns. Eighteen went to election, and the union won 10 of these. In Miller's first two years in office, UMWA membership climbed by 77,000 members to 277,000—nearly a 40 percent increase. [9] [14 ...