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6/17/90 - A radio report about the end of a strike by 1100 union miners against Pittston Coal Com...

Compilation of radio reports - 

Pittston fines/Rich Kirby - 11/12/92
banjo ...

Compilation of Mountain News & World Reports from 1992

South East strike retrospec...

On Nov. 7, 1980, five coal miners were killed in a methane gas explosion at Westmoreland Coal Com...

The Buffalo Mountain Boys, a bluegrass band comprised of coal miners, play at a rally of the Unit...

Man holding sign at UMWA rally in Big Stone Gap, VA where Tony Boyle gives speech. Sign reads: "S...

1) WMMT special on the Pittston Coal Strike one year later, Rosemary Webb Pound and Jackie Counts...

Hazel Dickens in concert with Tom Adams (banjo), UNKNOWN (guitar), Barry Bales (bass), Barry Mitt...

4 rolls of 16mm fullcoat magnetic outs. Label: "[Tony] Boyle, UMWA 1970, 16mm sound outs, Buckhorn"

Nimrod and Molly Workman talk about raising a family, Nimrod talks about his history as a coal mi...

W.P. Tams, a former coal operator, discussing unions, John L. Lewis, the death of the coal camp, ...

Tillman Cadle discussing organizing at Yancy, getting kicked out of the mine, meeting Jim Garland...

Richard Trumka (UMWA president at the time) discussing Massey and UMWA agreement 1985, current st...

A woman discussing union organizing, the changing power structures in the UMWA, Tony Boyle, and d...

Lois Scott talking about family politics, wages, coalmining, UMWA strikes, state police

Lois Scott discussing the mine wars and resistance to labor unions in Harlan County, trains clack...

Lois Scott discusses union organizing and her personal family experiences with union-related viol...

John Tiller and Hobart Grills discuss the battle of Evarts, the labor politics surrounding the ba...

A man discussing the struggles of coal miners, death of coal miners, miners' culture, John L. Lew...

Coal miner John Hinson, Brookside, KY, talking about John L. Lewis, building a big hospital, loca...

Coal miner John Hinson discusses working in the mines, being a supervisor, tells stories about di...

John Hinson, at Brookside, Kentucky, discussing labor unions, contracts, and finding work in the ...

Coal miner John Hinson is interviewed about life in coal camps, changes throughout time. Slightly...

Coal miner John Carter discussing coal camps, coal mining, and the changes in community and econo...

Jim Stanley of Derby, Va. discusses his family's experience being exploited by the coal company, ...

Jim Stanley discusses the struggle to unionize the coal mines, gun thugs, safety conditions in mi...

Anne Lewis and a male filmmaker interview Don Blankenship at Massey Energy discusses productivity...

Film still of Tony Boyle at microphone giving speech at UMWA rally in Big Stone Gap, VA. Created ...

Film still of Tony Boyle at microphone giving speech at UMWA rally in Big Stone Gap, VA. Includes...

Film still of title card. Created for documentation and promotion of the film United Mine Workers...

A hearing about the Buffalo Creek disaster, UMWA responsibility.

A press conference about new contract for mining company, address by Sam [Church?], UMWA agreemen...

Tony Boyle speech about UMWA speech at rally in southwest, VA, summer 1970. Boyle mentions recent...

A man discussing regulations and compensation for coal miners, contracts and strikes, [Sam] Churc...

This video from 1993 features testimony and footage from union coal miners on strike at the Beth-...