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Index Sam Church

Samuel Morgan Church, Jr.Hevesi, "Sam Church, Who Led United Mine Workers, Dies at 72," New York Times, July 15, 2009.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 32 relations: Appalachia, Virginia, Arnold Miller, Baltimore, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bowling, Bristol, Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, Coal Employment Project, Coal mining, Electrician, Joseph Yablonski, Journal of Public Health Policy, Kingsport Times-News, Lawyer, Matewan, West Virginia, Mechanic, Mike Trbovich, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Parkinson's disease, Pinsetter, Richard Trumka, Shoeshiner, Sugar refinery, The New York Times, Time (magazine), Trade union, United Mine Workers of America, United States Department of Labor, Virginia, W. A. Boyle, Wildcat strike, Wise County, Virginia.

  2. County supervisors in Virginia
  3. Presidents of the United Mine Workers
  4. Trade unionists from Virginia
  5. Trade unionists from West Virginia

Appalachia, Virginia

Appalachia is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.

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Arnold Miller

Arnold Ray Miller (April 25, 1923 – July 12, 1985) was a miner and labor activist who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), AFL–CIO, from 1972 to 1979. Sam Church and Arnold Miller are American coal miners, presidents of the United Mine Workers and trade unionists from West Virginia.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Bloomberg Businessweek

Bloomberg Businessweek, previously known as BusinessWeek (and before that Business Week and The Business Week), is an American monthly business magazine published 12 times a year.

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Bowling

Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling).

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Bristol, Virginia

Bristol is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia and the county seat of Kanawha County.

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Coal Employment Project

The Coal Employment Project (CEP) was a non-profit women's organization in the United States from 1977–1996 with the goal of women gaining employment as miners.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine.

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Electrician

An electrician is a tradesperson specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, transmission lines, stationary machines, and related equipment.

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Joseph Yablonski

Joseph Albert "Jock" Yablonski (March 3, 1910 – December 31, 1969) was an American labor leader in the United Mine Workers in the 1950s and 1960s known for seeking reform in the union and better working conditions for miners.

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Journal of Public Health Policy

The Journal of Public Health Policy is a peer-reviewed medical journal established in 1980 by Milton Terris.

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Kingsport Times-News

The Kingsport Times-News is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Kingsport, Tennessee, and distributed in six counties in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

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Lawyer

A lawyer is a person who practices law.

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Matewan, West Virginia

Matewan is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek.

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Mechanic

A mechanic is a skilled tradesperson who uses tools to build, maintain, or repair machinery, especially cars.

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Mike Trbovich

Mike Trbovich (November 19, 1920 – June 24, 1989) was a miner and labor union activist in the United Mine Workers of America, AFL-CIO, in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is part of the U.S. Department of Labor.

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Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term neurodegenerative disease of mainly the central nervous system that affects both the motor and non-motor systems of the body.

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Pinsetter

In bowling, a pinsetter or pinspotter is an automated mechanical device that sets bowling pins back in their original positions, returns bowling balls to the front of the alley, and clears fallen pins on the pin deck.

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Richard Trumka

Richard Louis Trumka (July 24, 1949 – August 5, 2021) was an American attorney and organized labor leader. Sam Church and Richard Trumka are presidents of the United Mine Workers.

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Shoeshiner

Shoeshiner or boot polisher is an occupation in which a person cleans and buffs shoes and then applies a waxy paste to give a shiny appearance and a protective coating.

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Sugar refinery

A sugar refinery is a refinery which processes raw sugar from cane or sugar extracted from beets into white refined sugar.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Trade union

A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.

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United Mine Workers of America

The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners.

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United States Department of Labor

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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W. A. Boyle

William Anthony "Tough Tony" Boyle (December 1, 1904 – May 31, 1985) was an American miner, union leader, and convicted murder-for-hire conspirator. Sam Church and w. A. Boyle are presidents of the United Mine Workers.

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Wildcat strike

A wildcat strike is a strike action undertaken by unionised workers without union leadership's authorization, support, or approval; this is sometimes termed an unofficial industrial action.

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Wise County, Virginia

Wise County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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See also

County supervisors in Virginia

Presidents of the United Mine Workers

Trade unionists from Virginia

Trade unionists from West Virginia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Church