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Bitter coal welfare feud scars West Virginia Christmas
In southern West Virginia a welfare benefits cutoff by the United Mine Workers amid a wage and royalty dispute with small operators has sparked picket clashes and mine closures across parts of Tennessee Kentucky and West Virginia. The fight pits small operators against the union and a rival labor group over contract terms and funding for welfare hospitalization and pensions.
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WELCH
W. Va
West Virginia
Appalachian
Tennessee
Kentucky
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
Lloyd Haynes
Raymond 0. Lewis
Charleston
UMW District 17
Lewis Meadows
Beckley
Southern West Virginia Independent Coal Operators Association
Meadows