The president has put his weight behind boosting coal, but trade associations and the nation's largest union say recent ...

"We needed to be together and support each other because in this area, the majority of the miners were working," recalls ...

Stanley “Goose” Stewart, who survived the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster that killed 29 workers 15 years ago Saturday, calls a recommendation by the Trump administration to close three dozen ...

Reported closures and firings at federal offices are creating concerns about the safety and health of coal miners.  On ...

The president and his Silicon Valley oligarch pals want to bring back the bad old “company towns” of yesteryear with a fresh ...

Tomorrow John Sheppard will speak about how the miners organised and his personal experiences as an activist during the strike at Armthorpe, one of the most active and militant NUM branches in the ...

She joined the safety committees launched by the local chapter of the United Mine Workers, which collaborated with the agency ...

The 1984-1985 strike - one of the biggest and bitterest ... and form. "If it wasn't for coal mining in this area at this specific time, Kent wouldn't be what it is now." ...

LONDON (AP) — Scottish industrialist Sir Ian MacGregor, who helped crush a year-long coal miners’ strike and break the power of Britain’s unions in the mid-1980s, has died. He was 85. The former ...

MSHA oversees the Coal Mine Safety and Health division in 12 coal districts and the Metal-Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health division in its six regions. The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act ...

But war is always close, with an air raid siren sounding shortly after miners returned to the surface for lunch on Thursday. The coal they mine is used primarily to power Ukrainian electricity and ...