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Point Of No Return For UMW Coal Union
Joe Bremnay and Arnold Miller view the United Mine Workers of America from opposite angles yet agree the union nears a breaking point. Wildcat strikes erode credibility, threats loom, and operators warn 1977 may be a threshold year as nonunion production climbs and UMW control slips in Appalachia and the West.
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Joe Bremnay
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Brenan
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
UMW
Miller
Charleston
W-Va
Harry Patrick
Patrick
Ami
Appalachia
Mdn
U Union
Brennan
United Mine Workers
Joseph Brennan
Bituminois Coal Operators Association