Miners Walkout Taints Bishop Coal Mines Across States
About 500 United Mine Workers members stayed off the job at four Bishop Coal Co mines run by Consolidation Coal in West Virginia and Virginia. An additional 80 miners skipped a Norton non union operation amid broader contract tensions risking a nationwide strike March 27. At Bishop No 37 Dry Fork Virginia 120 workers did not report, while 380 across three other Bishop mines in WV joined. A Wildcat stoppage near Island Coal Co Pocahontas No 4 in Buchanan County saw 17 leaving after 4 p.m. shift. Union leader Alonzo Lambright said rumors spurred the walkout and expected return for the midnight shift. The company and PR spoke of no 4 p.m. pickets. Minorities and details reflect a tense cross border dispute.
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Daily Telegraph
Len Gross
Alonzo Lambright
United Mine Workers of America
Lambright
Virginia
Illinois
Ohio
Kentucky
Alabama
Berry
Ala
Prout
District 6
Arch Moore
Wildcat Walkouts Sweep Multiple States In Coal Strike Fight
More than 14 600 miners in Alabama Kentucky West Virginia Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia and Illinois walked out after contract talks broke down while UMW leader Sam Church pursued renewed negotiations to avert a nationwide strike at midnight March 26. Leaders reported talks could resume through mutual channels as White House officials avoided committing to intervention.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Illinois
United Mine Workers Union
Sam Church
UMW
Washington
Church
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
B.R. Brown
Consolidation Coal Co
White House
James S. Brady
Reagan
Washington, D.C
Norvel Wagner
U.S. Steel Corp
Kirby
Committee Backs Reagan Budget Cuts
The Senate Budget Committee backed President Reagan’s economic plan calling for billions in cuts to welfare unemployment and Social Security benefits and ending the 3.6 billion public service jobs program. It approved 35 billion in cuts, surpassing Reagan’s request, with adjustments to education food stamps and school lunch programs.
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Senate Budget Committee
Reagan
Export Import Bank
Nancy Kassebaum
R-Kan
Reagan Reversing Carter Arms Policy
Washington report says Reagan reverses Carter’s arms restraint, seeking sharp increases in military aid and sales worldwide to bolster friendly governments and strengthen the U.S. defense network. Undersecretary James L. Buckley argues security aid reduces repression by fostering local security and discouraging global threats.
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Reagan
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House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Buckley
State Department
New York
William F Buckley
United States
Weather forecast and local events summary
Snow showers forecast through Friday with high temps in the 20s to 40s and overnight lows in the teens to 30s. Partly cloudy Saturday with lingering flurries in the north, warmer Sunday, and a chance of rain or snow Sunday night into Monday. Highs 40s to 50s, lows 20s to 30s. Samuel Crockett named new supervisor at Tazewell board meeting. A personal injury civil suit ends in mistrial in Mercer Circuit Court. Spanishburg and Mullens advance in regionals.
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National Weather Service
Mercer
Part One Of A Series Strikes A Fact Of Coalfield Life
Editor notes a four part series on a looming UMWA strike in the Appalachian Coalfields. Past coal contract battles since 1940 show sharp wage gains, long walkouts, and fierce disputes over medical pension benefits and the right to strike. Key episodes include 1968 43 000 West Virginia miners on strike and 1971 50 day stoppage ending with pay raises and shifts in labor relations.
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Appalachian Coalfields
United Mine Workers
BCOA
West Virginia
America
Tony Boyle
Arnold Miller
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