Members of Unison at the museum in Wakefield began their industrial action calling for higher pay on 20 August and the strike ...

Unison members at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield have been on all-out strike for 16 weeks in a dispute over pay ...

A strike at the National Coal Mining Museum could be extended until next summer unless a workers’ pay dispute is settled, a ...

Award-winning "In the Veins" highlights North-East England’s coal mining heritage, Teesside University, and archive ...

SOME 250 people gathered on the steps of Wakefield Cathedral on Saturday to show their support for the striking workers at ...

Jan. 5, 2006— -- Out of one of the toughest and most dangerous jobs in the world have come generations of powerful stories, almost all hinging on life and death and the suspense of waiting. "You ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A new way of seeing the history of anthracite coal mining brought Pam Hummell of the Grove City Historical Society to the Lackawanna County Coal Mine Tour in Scranton. "It was ...

Miners, their wives, child laborers and patch town store operators all had a part in the history of coal in the Derry area. “There were so many mines in this area,” said Donna Showalter, a Derry Area ...

ROCKY TOP, Tenn. — Wednesday marked National Miners Day across the country, applauding the skill and dedication that miners show at work every day. A museum in Rocky Top focuses on recalling the ...