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No Pensions For Four Miners Under UMWA Fund Rules
The Southern Illinois report profiles Tapella Logsdon and Boner, three Herrin area miners denied pensions by the United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund due to the fund's 20 year rule for periods before 1965. Their cases highlight how only specific pre 1965 work years count toward eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Hurst
Louis Tapella
Herrin
Tapella
Tanella
Seymour Coal Mining Corp
Jeffrey
United Mine Workers of America Union
Jessie Legsdon
Ben
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Orchard
Pittsburg
Logsdon
Welfare
Ani Retirement Fund
Leslie Boner
Beil and Zoller Coal and Mining Corp
Zeigler 1
Zeigler
Majestic
Boner
Illinois
Umwa Welfare and Retirement Fund
Washington, D.C
Heyear
Christopher
Welfare and Retirement Fund
St. Louis