Michael Phillippi was elected as the international secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) on October 29. He succeeds international president Brian Sanson in this critical leadership role, bringing with him years of dedicated service to the union and its members. A native of Morgantown, W.Va., Phillippi began his career in the coal industry as an underground miner…
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UMWA contract with Cumberland mine, plants ratified
The United Mine Workers of America confirmed in mid-August that it had ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement with Contura Energy’s Cumberland coal operation in Green County, Pa.
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