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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1981

Page

7

Mine contract wins cautious support in East Boone County rally

In Madison West Virginia district 17 officers voiced cautious optimism at a contract explanation meeting. About 500 UMW officials reviewed a 40 month wage pact amid 68 day strike. Final ratification hinges on reading 44 pages and Saturday vote by 160000 soft coal miners.

New York Times Madison W.va United Mine Workers Jack Perry District 17 Perry Madison Civic Center Boone County Charleston David May Jiggs Workman Washington Illinois Banovic District 12 International Board Tony Kujawa

Union Members In Illinois Greet New Coal Contract

Rank-and-file UMW members in Illinois soft coal fields begin a week of ratification votes on a new contract that may end a 69 day strike idling 54 mines in 22 counties. The pact restores a royalty on processing non union coal, eliminates the 45 day probation for new miners, and for the first time adds a $95 monthly pension for widows, per UMW Illinois President John Banovic.

Appalachian Sam M. Church Jr Miners’ Union Church Perry Bituminous Coal Operators Association Virginia Kentucky Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania Charleston W.va Alabama UMW Jiggs Workman J.L. Schmidt Mount Vernon Illinois United Mine Workers UMW District 12 Washington UMW Illinois John Banovic District 12 Mike Bunton DuQuoin BCOA Bunton

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