Coal company, UMW settle suit over use of non-union workers
Source: Washington Times-AP
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A Murray Energy subsidiary and the United Mine Workers of America have settled a lawsuit over the company’s use of non-union workers to perform work on seals at an underground coal mine in north-central West Virginia.
Online court records show U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley approved the settlement and dismissed the UMW’s lawsuit against Monongalia County Coal Co. on Tuesday.
The lawsuit said the company continued to contract out the seal work Monongalia County Mine despite an arbitrator’s decision in 2010 that the construction and installation of seals in the mine was the exclusive work of union employees. Another arbitrator ordered Monongalia County Coal to stop the practice in June 2014 after the union filed a grievance seeking to compel the company to comply with the earlier decision.
Under the settlement, the company recognizes that all work associated with construction and installation of mine seals is the union’s exclusive work jurisdiction. Monongalia County Coal can use contractors or salaried supervisors to provide technical support to help direct union workers in seal-related work.
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