Labor Unions

COVID-19 has taken the lives of nearly 300 West Virginians, and earlier this month, the state lost one of its most powerful and vocal social activists and…

The West Virginia Supreme Court has upheld a so-called right-to-work law and handed a defeat to labor unions which had sought to preserve workers' union…

A United Mine Workers of America office building in Fairmont, West Virginia, has been named for union President Cecil E. Roberts.The Exponent…

A judge on Wednesday sided with labor unions in striking down key portions of West Virginia’s so-called right-to-work law, including those that allowed…

A former bookkeeper has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $183,000 in labor union funds in West Virginia.Prosecutors say 70-year-old Joan Matthews of…

On this West Virginia Morning, big natural gas pipelines and plants that use that gas are under construction across the region.Many of those jobs have…

Not many Americans know the story of the Mine Wars that were fought between workers, labor unions and mine company guards during the early 1900s. In this…

The head of West Virginia's largest workers union is retiring after more than a decade of service. West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue announced…

Interim meetings at the state capitol are usually laid back. Lawmakers attend their meetings and sometimes meet with a spare group of lobbyists and…

Two former labor union officials have been indicted on embezzlement charges.U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld II says a federal grand jury in Wheeling…