United Mine Workers of America

Retired coal workers are no longer at risk of losing their union health insurance as the latest federal spending bill funded coverage that is no longer…

Updated Dec. 10 with results of Senate vote — With an hour to spare before a government shutdown, the U.S. Senate approved a stopgap spending bill late…

Thousands of former coal workers and dependents who worked for now-bankrupt coal companies could lose their health insurance at the end of the year if…

Updated 11:30 a.m., Jan. 5 with details of new agreement - A health fund for retired miners will stay solvent for at least 10 more months.Peabody Energy…

Patriot Coal filed for Chapter 11 protection Tuesday, less than two years after emerging from bankruptcy.Patriot, which was spun off from Peabody Energy…

A fight over retiree health benefits landed in front of Arch Coal’s Creve Coeur headquarters Tuesday morning. The United Mine Workers of America union…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 19, 2013: The United Mine Workers of America were back in St. Louis Monday, rallying against…

Hundreds of retired and current union miners from across the country descended on St. Louis on Tuesday to protest Peabody Energy and the potential loss of…

Police are warning motorists of traffic congestion and diversions Monday as the United Mine Workers of America protests Patriot Coal's bankruptcy…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 23, 2008 - After two decades of plunging and then stagnating coal production, the Illinois coal…