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The Mine Safety and Health Administration is declining to issue an emergency temporary standard that could protect coal miners whose jobs make them… -
The Mine Safety and Health Administration is declining to issue an emergency temporary standard that could protect coal miners whose jobs make them…
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On this West Virginia Morning, in the wake of COVID-19, many city dwellers in New York and elsewhere have found themselves rethinking housing situations –…
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RadioLabor leader Bill Blizzard died on July 31, 1958, at age 65. The Kanawha County native was the son of two passionate union activists.During the 1910s,…
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RadioOn January 30, 1920, the United Mine Workers of America launched a concerted effort to unionize southern West Virginia. Relations between the UMWA and…
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RadioOn January 23, 1890, the United Mine Workers of America was formed in Columbus, Ohio. Three months later, UMWA District 17, encompassing most of West…
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Curtis Cress sat in the gravel beside a railroad track in Harlan County, Kentucky. Tall and thin with a long, black beard, Cress is every bit a coal…
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A United Mine Workers of America office building in Fairmont, West Virginia, has been named for union President Cecil E. Roberts.The Exponent…
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RadioLabor leader Arnold Miller was born in Kanawha County on April 25, 1923. The son and grandson of coal miners, Miller quit school at age 16 to become a…
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RadioOn February 18, 1969, 282 coal miners walked off their jobs in Raleigh County. While coal strikes were common at the time, this one was different. First,…
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