United Mine Workers of America

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_Mine_Workers_of_America
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:UMWA
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Canadian_Labour_Congress
gptkb:AFL–CIO
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:founded 1890
gptkbp:foundedIn gptkb:Columbus,_Ohio,_United_States
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Triangle_Building,_Triangle,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:historicalMembership over 800,000 (1920s)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United Mine Workers of America
gptkbp:keyPerson gptkb:William_B._Wilson
gptkb:Cecil_Roberts
gptkb:John_L._Lewis
gptkb:Philip_Murray
gptkb:Samuel_Gompers
gptkbp:membership about 80,000 (2020s)
gptkbp:motto Working Families. Working Together.
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Matewan_Massacre
gptkb:Battle_of_Blair_Mountain
gptkb:Brookside_strike
gptkb:Colorado_Coalfield_War
gptkb:Harlan_County_War
gptkb:Ludlow_Massacre
gptkb:Paint_Creek–Cabin_Creek_strike_of_1912
gptkb:UMWA_Pittston_Strike
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Mother_Jones
gptkb:William_B._Wilson
gptkb:Arnold_Miller
gptkb:Cecil_Roberts
gptkb:Frank_Keeney
gptkb:Sam_Church
gptkb:Thomas_H._Moses
gptkb:Tony_Boyle
gptkb:John_L._Lewis
gptkb:Philip_Murray
gptkb:Richard_Trumka
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Mother_Jones
gptkb:William_B._Wilson
gptkb:Arnold_Miller
gptkb:Bill_Blizzard
gptkb:Cecil_Roberts
gptkb:Edna_Hall_Scott_Kump
gptkb:Frank_Keeney
gptkb:Fred_Mooney
gptkb:Jock_Yablonski
gptkb:Joseph_Yablonski
gptkb:Sam_Church
gptkb:Sid_Hatfield
gptkb:Thomas_H._Moses
gptkb:Tony_Boyle
gptkb:John_L._Lewis
gptkb:Philip_Murray
gptkb:Samuel_Gompers
gptkb:Richard_Trumka
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:AFL–CIO
gptkbp:purpose improving working conditions
advocating for mine safety
representing workers in collective bargaining
securing fair wages
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:represents coal miners
public employees
health care workers
manufacturing workers
gptkbp:website https://umwa.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mary_Harris_Jones
gptkb:John_L._Lewis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5