Achievements
- An eight-hour work day in 1898. The first ideas of this demand were outlined in point six of the constitution.
- The union was able to achieve collective bargaining rights in 1933.
- Health and retirement benefits for the miners and their families was made possible in 1946.
- In 1969, the UMWA convinced the United States Congress to enact the landmark Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act which provided compensation for miners suffering from Black Lung Disease.
- Relatively high wages for unionized miners by the early 1960's.
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