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- From: ndallen@r-node.pci.on.ca (Nigel Allen)
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- Subject: Coal Mining Negotiations: UMWA Extends Contract
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 00:36:36 GMT
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- Here is a press release from the United Mine Workers of America.
-
- UMWA Extends Contract for Four Top U.S. Coal Producers
- To: National and Business Desks, Labor Writer
- Contact: Jim Grossfeld of the United Mine Workers of America,
- 202-842-7240; or
- Jim Strickland of the Independent Bituminous Coal
- Bargaining Alliance, 205-945-6580
-
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- With only one week remaining in
- the national contract between the United Mine Workers of
- America (UMWA) and the nation's unionized coal operators, union
- president Richard Trumka and representatives of four major U.S. coal
- producers have announced a 60-day extension of their current
- agreements.
- The National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement (NBCWA), set to expire
- at 11:59 p.m. (EST) Feb. 1, will be extended for 60 days at Drummond
- Co. Inc., Jim Walter Resources Inc., U.S. Steel Mining Co. Inc., and
- Westmoreland Coal Co., Trumka said. The four coal producers together
- comprise the Independent Bituminous Coal Bargaining Alliance (IBCBA).
- "The discussions between the UMWA and the IBCBA have been
- constructive. In that light it's in everyone's interest that the
- current contract be extended as we continue our negotiations on a new
- agreement," Trumka said.
- "Given that the UMWA and IBCBA are examining issues that have
- never been addressed in any set of contract talks before, these
- negotiations are taking a little longer to complete," Trumka said,
- adding, "However, they are taking place in an atmosphere of good
- faith with both sides committed to seeing this process through and
- reaching an agreement that makes sense for both sides."
- Trumka added that the IBCBA "was formed out of the recognition
- that both labor and management must redefine the traditional
- relationship between workers and coal operators if American coal is
- going to compete globally in the years to come."
- Trumka said that the 60-day contract extension applies only to the
- affiliates of the IBCBA and does not affect other coal operators
- currently bound to the NBCWA. The IBCBA began talks on a new
- national labor agreement with the UMWA on Oct. 5.
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- Nigel Allen, Toronto, Ontario ndallen@r-node.pci.on.ca
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