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.
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United Mine Workers
Jack Perry
District 17
Perry
Madison Civic Center
Boone County
Charleston
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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.
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Appalachian
Sam M. Church Jr
Miners’ Union
Church
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Bituminous Coal Operators Association
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Ohio
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Pennsylvania
Charleston
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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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