A strike by more than 40 workers at the National Coal Mining Museum is to be extended until mid-October after the chief executive quit talks, a union has said. Members of Unison at the museum in ...

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday it would hold an inquiry into the "Battle of Orgreave", a violent confrontation between police and striking coal miners in 1984 at the height of a ...

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After decades of mining coal deep below the mountains of West Virginia, David Bounds now struggles to carry a gallon of milk to the breakfast table without gasping for breath. The black lung disease ...

OAK HILL, W.Va. (AP) — Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory therapist’s face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it doesn’t take long for ...

One of the most important chapters in the history of the anthracite coal industry concluded 123 years ago this month. The Great Strike of 1902, a landmark in the annals of labor-management relations, ...

OAK HILL, W.Va. (AP) — Deep in the hills of West Virginia, coal mining and the dangers that come with it have been a part of families’ lives for generations. Death and tragedy are woven into history, ...

(The Conversation) — The retirement of United Mine Workers of America’s longtime president is a reminder that labor and religion have always been entangled in coal country. (The Conversation) — In ...