United Mine Worker dissident leader Joseph Yablonski and his wife Margaret not long before they were murdered.

On January 5, 1969 one of the ugliest crimes in American Labor History was discovered when the bodies of Joseph (Jock) Yablonski, his wife Margaret and his daughter Charlotte were discovered shot to death in the beds of their ( Read more... )

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In honor of the UMW’s birthday, here is the fighting union’s most famous song.  The first voice you hear is Florence Reece, who wrote the words in 1930 during the bloody Harlan County Wars.  Natalie Merchant takes it up with a fine modern version.

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