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Lewis, Roosevelt, and the U. M. W
Stein, Rose M. | February 17, 1940 issue

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The failure of trade unionism to cope with the problem of unemployment was the undercurrent that ran through the miners' golden jubilee, held in Columbus, Ohio, the birthplace of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW). Started fifty years ago with fewer than 20,000 members and only $139 in the treasury, the UMW is now the largest and most powerful labor union in the world. It has 612,000 members. More than 90 per cent of the industry is under contract and check-off. However, the problems faced by the miners, particularly unemployment, cannot be settled through collective bargaining alone. They demand effective government action.

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LABOR unions; UNITED Mine Workers of America; INDUSTRIAL relations; UNEMPLOYMENT; LABOR movement; UNITED States
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