This month in Mine Wars History
April 18-30, 1912 – Miners along Paint Creek go on strike after negotiations break down with the coal companies. Miners on Cabin Creek join the strike. The total of workers on strike numbered about 7,500. Including over 30k women and children.

🚨 Cool job alert 🚨

#RedForEd teacher strikes: lessons for the #UnionStrong movement

That feeling when you're in the lead photo of the Labor Notes article on the biggest Southern union win in decades!

We had a great time yesterday welcoming The Wallace Horn Friendly Neighbor Show to the Town of Matewan, WV for a recording session in the community center. We had a blast hanging with John Ellison and the rest of the crew. It was great hearing so many local musicians too!

👩‍🏫 Have you visited our Solidarity Gallery? 🧣
The Children of Mother Jones, Educator Strikes As Care Work, covers the WV Teacher Strikes of '18, '19, and 1990! We've got signs, shirts, buttons, documents, and even some memes. Learn more: wvminewars.org/edstrike

🧑‍⚖️ This month in Mine Wars History ⛏️
1927 - The US Federal Court of Appeals upholds company injunctions against the UMWA in WV. Known as the Red Jacket Case, this decision forbids union organizers from meeting with employed coal miners.
Read more:wvencyclopedia.org/articles/31

We are seeking a Part Time Oral Historian to join our team for a new Mingo County Black Oral History Project that will run from May 1st-August 1st.📆

All the details about what you'll do and how to apply can be found in the link below.
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Did you know that we now have Museum magnets in our gift shop? Designed by Liz Pavlovic, these magnets feature a fun, animated version of the Museum and are the perfect piece of Matewan to take home with you!
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#wvmwm #matewan

From the coal camps and tent colonies, to the picket lines and even as nurses and reporters, women were right there in the thick of it. Check out our latest blog entry to learn more about their incredible contributions.
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#womenshistorymonth #wvmwm

We had a great time this past weekend attending the Appalachian Studies Association Conference at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC! This was our first opportunity to take our new tabling setup out to represent the museum. Can't wait to do it again!
Appalachian Studies

✏️Check out our latest blog entry to find out what inspired our teaching trunks, learn more about their development, get a look at what's inside of each, and reserve one for your classroom today. It's available at the link below!

#teachingtrunks #wvmwm
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Happy Birthday to us! For more than a hundred years, we have fearlessly championed the rights and welfare of workers, ensuring our voice resonates powerfully.

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⛏️ This Month in Mine Wars History - 1920 ⌛️

John L. Lewis and Frank Keeney hold a public meeting and press conference in Bluefield, headquarters of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, and announce their intention to organize the non-union counties of Logan, Mingo, and McDowell.

Harlan County USA released on this day in 1977. Get your copy from our shop!

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❄️Reminder of our winter hours! 🕰️
📆Fridays from 10am-4pm

Come and see us in Matewan tomorrow!

📚This Month In Mine Wars History ⛏️

January 1917 – The new UMWA leadership begins an organizing drive and adds 2,000 new members. The United Mine Workers Journal calls it, “the greatest contract ever achieved in the history of our organization.”