United Mine Workers of America
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bernard H. Cantor Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0026
Arrangement
The papers of this collection are arranged in chronological order by record type beginning with the decisions of Mr. Cantor as an arbitrator, 1959-1978 as Series 1, and then the Arbitration Review Board Decisions between the United Mine Workers and the Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, 1975-1978 as Series 2. Series 3 includes several labor contracts of relevance to the arbitration layout decided by Mr. Cantor.Two additions have been added to the collection. These include...
Dates:
1959-1986
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Bernard H. Cantor Papers
Coal Employment Project (CEP) Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0355
Scope and Contents
The CEP records document not only the daily operations of the organization but also the extensive activities the organization undertook in its support of women miners. Among the types of documents contained in the collection are financial ledgers and balance sheets; grant proposals; personnel leave and hiring records; correspondence between CEP staff members in their different offices; agenda and programs for the CEP national conferences of women miners; audio and videotapes concerning...
Dates:
1977-1991
Pittston Coal Company Strike Tape
Collection — Videotape 1
Identifier: AppMs-0351
Scope and Contents
On April 5, 1989 the United Mine Workers (UMW) called a strike against the Pittston Coal Group for unfair labor practices. Miners had worked 14 months without a contract before the UMW called the strike. Among the practices cited by UMW were the discontinuing of medical benefits for pensioners, widows, and the disabled; refusal to contribute to a benefit trust established in 1950 for miners who retired before 1974; and refusing to bargain in good faith. Miners in Virginia, Kentucky and West...
Dates:
1989
Jeanne M. Rasmussen Papers
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0352
Scope and Contents
The Jeanne M. Rasmussen Collection contains both manuscript and photographic materials. Manuscript materials include personal correspondence and financial records; drafts of chapters from Rasmussen's unpublished manuscript on coal mining; essays written by Rasmussen on coal mining and other topics relating to Appalachia; and clippings and scrapbook materials on coal mining, the UMWA, and Rasmussen's writing and photography. The photographic prints depict Appalachian men, women, and children;...
Dates:
1947-2009; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1974
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Jeanne M. Rasmussen Papers
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- Publications (document genre) 3
- Coal mines and mining 2
- Coal mines and mining -- Safety measures 2
- Corporation records 2
- Negatives (photographic) 2
- Personal papers 2
- Photographs 2
- Pittston Coal Company Strike, 1989-1990 2
- Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining 2
- Women coal miners 2
- African American coal miners 1
- Children -- Appalachian Region 1
- Coal miners 1
- Coal miners -- Dwellings 1
- Coal mines and mining -- Health aspects 1
- Collective bargaining--Coal mining industry 1
- Collective labor agreements 1
- Correspondence 1
- Floods -- West Virginia -- Buffalo Creek (Logan County) 1
- Funeral rites and ceremonies 1 + ∧ less
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