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If Elvis Can Get His Own Stamp, Why Not Mother Jones?

David Macaray | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Coal Miners, United Mine Workers of America, Knights of Labor, Marry Harris Jones, Great Chicago Fire, Culture News

Although the word "iconic" tends to be overused these days, the term certainly applied to Mother Jones. For roughly 60 years she was the working man's spiritual leader and benefactor -- part Madonna, part mediator, part rabble-rouser -- a labor icon in every sense of the word.

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It's the Jobs, Stupid

Ronnie Shows | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Bpa, Jobs, United Mine Workers of America, Unemployment, Tea Party, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

What can President Obama do to help lower unemployment? While there will be no magic bullet, the president does have some good options to preserve existing jobs and creating new ones.

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Labor Deal made For Thousands Of Miners

AP | TIM HUBER | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Jay Rockefeller, Mining, West Virginia Coal Mine, West Virginia, United Mine Workers of America, Robert Byrd, Joe Manchin, Labor Unions, Coal Mining, October Sky, Business News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The United Mine Workers said Monday it has reached a tentative labor agreement with coal producers that employ thousands of ...

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United Mine Workers Begin Airing Ads In Support Of Rahall

Heath Harrison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Ads, Elliott Spike Maynard, United Mine Workers of America, Nick Rahall, Don Blankenship, eyesandears2010, Home News

The United Mine Workers of America launched ads in West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District in support of Democratic incumbent Nick Rahall this week...

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Let's Cheer the Chilean Miners -- and Fight for Workers Everywhere

Richard Trumka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Upper Big Branch Mine, John Raese, Rand Paul, Umwa, Chile, United Mine Workers of America, Afl-Cio, Mine Safety, Chilean Miners, Unions, Union, Massey, Politics News

While I cheered for the miners coming up from the ground beneath the Atacama Desert, it was painful to recognize yet another sign of the dangerous, corporate-driven agenda that has far more regard for the bottom line than for working people.

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Senators Grill Massey CEO Don Blankenship On Safety At Upper Big Branch Mine

AOL News | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msha, Cecil Roberts, Massey Energy, Don Blankenship, Tom Harkin, Robert Byrd, United Mine Workers of America, Regulation, Mine Safety, Coal Mine, Upper Big Branch Mine, Patty Murray, Green News

WASHINGTON (May 20) -- The coal baron who runs the West Virginia mine that last month saw the deadliest U.S. mine accident in 40 years came unbowed to...

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Barack Obama, Which Side Are You On?

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, United Mine Workers of America, Coal, Barack Obama, West Virginia, New York News

Barack Obama, Which Side Are You On? Sunday was the funeral for the twenty-nine coal miners killed in the Upper Branch Mine in Beckley, W.Va. In a ph...

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An Enduring Memorial for Slaughtered Miners: Criminal Liability for Reckless Owners

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

America needs its own statute -- an Upper Big Branch Law -- holding corporate managers and directors criminally accountable for ditching safety for dollars.

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Greed Explains the Disasters and the Lying Afterwards

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prudhoe Bay, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Greed, Massey Energy, Tony Hayward, Bp, Gulf of Mexico, Msha, Middle Class, Usw, United Steelworkers, United Mine Workers of America, Aracoma Coal Co., Upper Big Branch Mine, Greed Is Good, Don Blankenship, Oil Spill, Wall Street, Ayn Rand, Umwa, Great Recession, Unemployment Insurance, Warren Buffett, Texas City, Seven Deadly Sins, Business News

Middle class workers are the ones who die in coal mines and on oil rigs. Afterwards, CEOs say anything to save the bottom line -- the one that will determine their bonuses.

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Missing Lesson from Mine Tragedy: Union-Busting = Death

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Don Blankenship, Mine Safety, Employee Free Choice Act, Department of Labor, United Mine Workers of America, Obama, Congress, Upper Big Branch Mine, Politics News

With the union weakened by closed mines and the rise of untrammeled union-busting, unsafe, deadly conditions were allowed to continue unchallenged at the growing percentage of non-union mines that put profits above safety.

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Safety Awards That Endanger Workers' Lives

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Massey Energy, Bp, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, Msha, Oil Rig, Usw, Process Safety, United Mine Workers of America, United Steelworkers, Cecil Roberts, Mms, Upper Big Branch, Massey, Transocean, Sentinel of Safety, Safety Awards for Excellence, Don Blankenship, Refinery, Minerals Management Service, Umwa, Deepwater Horizon, Process Safety Management, Tesoro, Coal Mine, Union, National Mining Association, Npra, Business News

BP, Massey Energy and Tesoro all have hauled out plaques celebrating safety achievements to deflect allegations of corporate recklessness in the after...

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Psalm 20 and the Massey Mining Disaster

Kim Bobo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Umwa, Massey Energy, United Mine Workers of America, Massey Coal Mine, Upper Branch Mine, West Virginia Mine Disaster, West Virginia Coal Mine, Religion News

On Monday, I read through psalm after psalm searching for the "right" one to read at the opening of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) protest near the Massey Energy shareholders meeting.

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Temporary Restraining Order Sought to Stop Upper Big Branch Closed-Door Interviews

Ellen Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Massey Coal Mine, Massey Energy Company, United Mine Workers of America, Mine Safety, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Coal Mining, Upper Big Branch Mine, Green News

The United Mine Workers and two families who lost family members in the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster have asked the U.S. District Court for a temporary restraining order to stop MSHA's witness interviews.

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Obama Mine Safety

McClatchy | Halimah Abdullah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msha, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Mine Safety Chief, Obama's Mine Safety Chief, Msha Head, New Mine Safety Chief, United Mine Workers of America, Mine Safety, Joseph Main, Mine Safety Head, Obama Mine Safety, Politics News

President Barack Obama's choice to head the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration signals a dramatic shift from his predecessor on mine safety...

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Big Coal Defeat! Rednecks and Greens Announce Victory at Blair Mountain

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Mountaintop Removal, Obama Appalachia, Carol Browner, Mining, Green, United Mine Workers of America, Lisa Jackson, Green Energy, Cecil Roberts, Coal, Barack Obama, Green News

After 500 mountains in Appalachia have been blown to bits by mountaintop removal, one peak was most likely saved: Blair Mountain in West Virginia.

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"D-Carbon" Brings Solar to the Coalfields

Josh Dorner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Minnesota, Schuylkill County, Anthracite, Renewable Electricity Standard, Ed Rendell, Mountaintop-Removal Mining, Carbon County, United Mine Workers of America, Coal, Pennsylvania, Gamesa, Natural Gas, Al Gore, Global Warming, Solar Power, Green News

Carbon County, in a poetic turn, is now set to host the second largest solar facility in the nation.

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Mine Workers union endorses Obama for president

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Endorsements, Barack Obama Endorsements, Mine Workers, Mine Workers Obama, United Mine Workers of America, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The United Mine Workers of America endorsed Barack Obama for president Wednesday despite his recent defeats in primaries in coal-pr...

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