0.4 Linear Feet, Summary: 5 in. (1 document case); 5 reels of microfilm
Creator
Pocahontas Operators Association
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
The minutes, correspondence, and financial records of the Pocahontas Operators Association and of its successors, the Smokeless
Operators Association and the Southern Virginias Operators Association. Topics mentioned are foreign competition, environmental
legislation, labor strife and union negotiations, and lobbying efforts in Congress and with state legislatures. Special mention
is made of the conditions in the coal industry during World War II, the impact of the Taft-Hartley Act on bargaining for the
1948 contract, and the effects in the coalfields of union dissension in the U.M.W.A. over the role of the Tony Boyle administration
during the early 1970s.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pocahontas Operators Association, Records, A&M 2796, West Virginia and
Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.