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Pittston Coal Company Strike, 1989-1990

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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