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Miners walk in a parade or a demonstration.

1. UMWA Parade

IDNO:
003533
Title:
UMWA Parade
Description:
Miners walk in a parade or a demonstration.

2. UMWA Supporters Including Van Bittner and Wife

IDNO:
003665
Title:
UMWA Supporters Including Van Bittner and Wife
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Union sign on front of barracks 'We never grumble, we never kick, we know we're right, and we're going to stick...' Snow covers the ground.

3. Union Sign on Barracks

IDNO:
003718
Title:
Union Sign on Barracks
Description:
Union sign on front of barracks 'We never grumble, we never kick, we know we're right, and we're going to stick...' Snow covers the ground.
'Sam Church, center, president of the United Mine Workers; flanked by Wilbert Killion, left, vice president; and Harrison Combs, general counsel, meets with the 39 member bargaining counsel Tuesday in Washington. Church is seeking approval of the tentative contract agreed upon Monday morning with the soft coal industry. (AP Laserphoto) (see APAAA wire story) (tm31053stf/schwarz) 1981.'

4. UMWA President Meets With Bargaining Counsel in Washington, D.C.

IDNO:
004183
Title:
UMWA President Meets With Bargaining Counsel in Washington, D.C.
Date:
1981/03/24
Description:
'Sam Church, center, president of the United Mine Workers; flanked by Wilbert Killion, left, vice president; and Harrison Combs, general counsel, meets with the 39 member bargaining counsel Tuesday in Washington. Church is seeking approval of the tentative contract agreed upon Monday morning with the soft coal industry. (AP Laserphoto) (see APAAA wire story) (tm31053stf/schwarz) 1981.'
'Negotiating teams for the soft coal industry, top, and the United Mine Workers resume talks Monday in Washington. At top are Peter Palumbo, left, and B.R. 'Bobby' Brown representing the soft coal industry. At bottom from left are Walter Suba, Sam Church, president United Mine Workers, and Harrison Combs, general counsel for the UMW. The negotiators are working against a midnight deadline in the search for a tentative contract settlement in hopes of averting a nationwide strike. (AP Laserphoto)(see AP AAA wire story) (tm21226stf/daugherty) 1981 slug: Coal Talks.'

5. Coal Talks Resume, Washington, D. C.

IDNO:
004228
Title:
Coal Talks Resume, Washington, D. C.
Date:
1981/03/16
Description:
'Negotiating teams for the soft coal industry, top, and the United Mine Workers resume talks Monday in Washington. At top are Peter Palumbo, left, and B.R. 'Bobby' Brown representing the soft coal industry. At bottom from left are Walter Suba, Sam Church, president United Mine Workers, and Harrison Combs, general counsel for the UMW. The negotiators are working against a midnight deadline in the search for a tentative contract settlement in hopes of averting a nationwide strike. (AP Laserphoto)(see AP AAA wire story) (tm21226stf/daugherty) 1981 slug: Coal Talks.'
A group portrait of the Progressive Mine Workers' Scale Committee that won the rights for a seven hour working day in 1937.

6. Progressive Mine Worker's Scale Committee

IDNO:
004588
Title:
Progressive Mine Worker's Scale Committee
Date:
1937
Description:
A group portrait of the Progressive Mine Workers' Scale Committee that won the rights for a seven hour working day in 1937.
"Mother" Jones, on behalf of the UMWA, addresses 600 people including miners and their families at Star City, WV. She advised the miners to work hard at their jobs to help win the war, but to continue their efforts to unionize.

7. Mary A. 'Mother' Jones Speaks in Star City, W. Va.

IDNO:
017649
Title:
Mary A. 'Mother' Jones Speaks in Star City, W. Va.
Date:
1918/06/16
Description:
"Mother" Jones, on behalf of the UMWA, addresses 600 people including miners and their families at Star City, WV. She advised the miners to work hard at their jobs to help win the war, but to continue their efforts to unionize.
John L. Lewis is on left.

8. John L. Lewis at United Mine Workers of America Meeting

IDNO:
032571
Title:
John L. Lewis at United Mine Workers of America Meeting
Description:
John L. Lewis is on left.