Last week’s reversal of cuts to a federal organization behind miner safety programs drew praise from labor leaders. About 1,000 employees of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health — representing about 90% of the agency’s workforce — were placed on administrative ...

Workers at the Cumberland Mine overwhelmingly approved a new contract agreement with Iron Senergy, the United Mine Workers of America announced Tuesday. The five-year agreement included improvements in wages and other contract areas, while health care and other benefits remained unchanged, ...

Joe Angelelli takes heart in a finding from a study on nonviolent protests: Once 3.5% of the population shows up consistently in protest of an issue, it flips. A Thursday forum in Carmichaels, which drew about 35 people to hear about the potential impacts of the Trump administration’s ...