This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Matewan when a shootout occurred in the town of Matewan, West Virginia between the local coal miners and Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency. UMWA International President Cecil E. Roberts talks about the events that took place on May 19, 1920 and the impact it has made on how we live today.
Video from the UMWA Rally on September 11, 2012 in Charleston, WV . ... President West Virginia State Council* Vietnam Veterans of America. UMWA & WVSC Update. March, 2012 On March 3, 2012, Mitch Carte and I were invited to attend a local 1713 union meeting in Pineville, West Virginia. This local union is located in a very rural but very ...
Apr 13, 2020 · CHARLESTON, W.Va. – On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced $2,429,090 in additional National Dislocated Worker Grant funding will go toward helping laid-off coal miners in West Virginia, according to a news release for U.S. Senator Joe Manchin.. Workforce West Virginia, in partnership with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Career Centers, will receive
Mar 28, 2018 · FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 28, 2018. UMWA COMPAC Announces Endorsements for West Virginia Primary Election [CHARLESTON, W.VA.] The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) West Virginia State Council of the Coal Miners Political Action Committee (COMPAC) today announced its endorsements for state legislative races in the West Virginia primary election on
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William H. "Bill" Blizzard (September 19, 1892 – July 1, 1958) was a union organizer, a commander of the miners' army during the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain, and president of District 17 of the United Mine Workers (UMWA). Blizzard is most remembered for his role in the Battle of Blair Mountain, leading the miners against the forces of Logan County sheriff Don Chafin.
Apr 16, 2020 · CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — Drivers in West Virginia who have pending expiration dates on their vehicle registrations or licenses will have more time to get them renewed. The Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced on Thursday, April 16, 2020 that expiration dates in May are extended 90-days. The action comes in response to continued social []
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Black Lives Matter: West Virginia. 6.7K likes. Black Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise....
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Day three of protests continued at the Courthouse Square in Morgantown on Thursday, hundreds showed up for the peaceful protests in unity with the Black Lives Matter movement. “West Virginia is starting a peaceful movement right now, I truly, truly believe we are a marker for what is possible when it comes []
ANGELO DeRAIMO, 92, of Charleston, W.Va., passed away on April 8, 2020, at Hubbard House West. Angelo was born in 1928 at Notomine, W.Va., as he would say, up at the head of Cabin Creek, to the ...
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Jun 02, 2020 · CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Protests continue across the Mountain State over the death of George Floyd. For the last five days, neighbors from Charleston’s West Side have been gathering at the corner of Virginia Street and Central Avenue. They meet every afternoon around 3:30 or 4 pm. It started with just a few people but []
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JAMES EDWARD WILLS, 80, of Belle, passed away May 18, 2020, at Hospice of CAMC following a long illness. He was a retired coal miner for Cannelton Coal, a life-long member of the UMWA and loved to ...
Frank Keeney and Fred Mooney assume official duties as executive officers of UMWA District 17 in Charleston, West Virginia. Keeney began working in the mines as a child but was inspired by Mother ...
Jun 12, 2020 · CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — As we first reported weeks ago, some people are trying to rip off the West Virginia unemployment system. At Friday’s COVID-19 briefing, WorkForce West Virginia confirmed it has now received more than 35,000 fraudulent unemployment claims. While many of them were filed from computers outside of this country, the FBI and []
—Gazette Mail (Charleston, WV) " When Miners March is the sweeping and heavily documented account of the Mine Wars from the governor's mansion to coal tipples as portrayed by the son of Bill Blizzard, the leader of the Red Neck Army - all told as the miners saw it."
Apr 30, 2018 · NBC News has requested those figures from the West Virginia State Police. Matt Meadows, a probation officer in Huntington, said he sees the
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Our reporters were physically assaulted during the Pittston strike of 1989-90, and our members had leaflets and newspapers ripped out of their hands at a UMWA rally in Charleston, West Virginia in ...
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The museum is dedicated to educating the public about the events of the Mine Wars era, including the history of the United Mine Workers of America in the local area; the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike of 1912-1913; the 1920 Matewan Massacre; and the 1921 Miners March leading to Battle of Blair Mountain.
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – 5/27/2020 10:25 p.m. UPDATE: West Virginia residents who do not have internet access can now call the Department of Motor Vehicle hotline to take care of many DMV tasks. Commissioner Everett Frazier said residents can make appointments to take care of DMV matters including taking their driver’s license knowledge and skills tests, making []
Women in the Mine Towns Share: ... I will fight," she told coal miners on the steps of the capitol building in Charleston, West Virginia in 1912. ... If a female UMWA organizer like Fannie ...
This is a video preview of a biographical documentary called "THE TEACHER" about Charleston, West Virginia educator Mary C. Snow. Born in 1913 when Woodrow Wilson was president, Mary lived to see an African-American in the White House. Her time was marked by America's racial transition -
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Posts about UMWA written by Admin. [TRIANGLE, VA.] The United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit today reversed a decision by federal Bankruptcy Judge Kathy Surratt-States that would have allowed Peabody Energy to stop paying health care benefits for some 3,100 retirees that it
Apr 07, 2010 · The UMWA established roots in southern West Virginia during the bitter Mine Wars of the 1920s and 1930s. Today, it represents only a small number of active miners in West Virginia
There is a fresh batch of live videos on our Live Sessions channel at NPR Music. Videos from Tyler Childers, The Crash Test Dummies, Erika Wennerstrom, and Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets. ... Black Pumas and more on Mountain Stage during FestivALL Charleston June 21 - 7:00 PM Culture Center Theater - Charleston, WV...read more. JUNE 28. Canceled ...
Mar 30, 2020 · West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice pounds the table at the conclusion of his press conference saying the state can beat the coronavirus challenge, Friday, March 13, 2020 at the state Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. Justice announced that all schools are to be closed by the end of the school day Friday.
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office helicopter captured a bird’s eye view of the damage, looting, and law enforcement response to May’s riot in downtown Charleston. It followed a day of peaceful protest and ended with dozens of businesses on King Street damaged.
Aug 24, 2012 · CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The United Mine Workers of America will meet with Patriot Coal miners in two states to discuss ramifications of the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
