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United Mine Workers of America
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/United_Mine_Workers_of_America
GPTKB entity
Statements (69)
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
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