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'United Mine Workers President Sam Church, right, greets miners at the Consol. Coal Co.'s Mathies Mine in Washington County at the 4p.m. shift change Thursday. Church is making seven state, five day tour of mines to promote the tentative contract that is to be voted on by the rank and file this coming Tuesday. Coal miners will go on strike as of 12:01 a.m. Friday in keeping of a long standing tradition of no contract, no work. (AP Laserphoto) (SEE AP WIRESTORY) (gjp51830stf-puskar)1981 Slug Words: PA MINERS.'

1. Union Officials and Miners, Finleyville, Pa.

IDNO:
004174
Title:
Union Officials and Miners, Finleyville, Pa.
Date:
1981/03/26
Description:
'United Mine Workers President Sam Church, right, greets miners at the Consol. Coal Co.'s Mathies Mine in Washington County at the 4p.m. shift change Thursday. Church is making seven state, five day tour of mines to promote the tentative contract that is to be voted on by the rank and file this coming Tuesday. Coal miners will go on strike as of 12:01 a.m. Friday in keeping of a long standing tradition of no contract, no work. (AP Laserphoto) (SEE AP WIRESTORY) (gjp51830stf-puskar)1981 Slug Words: PA MINERS.'
'Sam Church, center, president of the United Mine Workers; flanked by Wilbert Killion, left, vice president; and Harrison Combs, general counsel, meets with the 39 member bargaining counsel Tuesday in Washington. Church is seeking approval of the tentative contract agreed upon Monday morning with the soft coal industry. (AP Laserphoto) (see APAAA wire story) (tm31053stf/schwarz) 1981.'

2. UMWA President Meets With Bargaining Counsel in Washington, D.C.

IDNO:
004183
Title:
UMWA President Meets With Bargaining Counsel in Washington, D.C.
Date:
1981/03/24
Description:
'Sam Church, center, president of the United Mine Workers; flanked by Wilbert Killion, left, vice president; and Harrison Combs, general counsel, meets with the 39 member bargaining counsel Tuesday in Washington. Church is seeking approval of the tentative contract agreed upon Monday morning with the soft coal industry. (AP Laserphoto) (see APAAA wire story) (tm31053stf/schwarz) 1981.'
'Sam Church, president of the United Mine Workers, right, sits across the bargaining table from B.R. 'Bobby' Brown, president, Consol. Coal Co. and chief negotiator for the soft coal industry as contract talks resume Monday in Washington. The negotiators are battling a midnight deadline in the search for a tentative contract settlement in hopes of averting a nationwide strike. (AP Laserphoto_ (see AP AAA wire story0 9tim21205stf/daugherty) 1981 slug : Coal Talks.'

3. Coal Talks, Washington, D.C.

IDNO:
004184
Title:
Coal Talks, Washington, D.C.
Date:
03/16
Description:
'Sam Church, president of the United Mine Workers, right, sits across the bargaining table from B.R. 'Bobby' Brown, president, Consol. Coal Co. and chief negotiator for the soft coal industry as contract talks resume Monday in Washington. The negotiators are battling a midnight deadline in the search for a tentative contract settlement in hopes of averting a nationwide strike. (AP Laserphoto_ (see AP AAA wire story0 9tim21205stf/daugherty) 1981 slug : Coal Talks.'
'Negotiating teams for the soft coal industry, top, and the United Mine Workers resume talks Monday in Washington. At top are Peter Palumbo, left, and B.R. 'Bobby' Brown representing the soft coal industry. At bottom from left are Walter Suba, Sam Church, president United Mine Workers, and Harrison Combs, general counsel for the UMW. The negotiators are working against a midnight deadline in the search for a tentative contract settlement in hopes of averting a nationwide strike. (AP Laserphoto)(see AP AAA wire story) (tm21226stf/daugherty) 1981 slug: Coal Talks.'

4. Coal Talks Resume, Washington, D. C.

IDNO:
004228
Title:
Coal Talks Resume, Washington, D. C.
Date:
1981/03/16
Description:
'Negotiating teams for the soft coal industry, top, and the United Mine Workers resume talks Monday in Washington. At top are Peter Palumbo, left, and B.R. 'Bobby' Brown representing the soft coal industry. At bottom from left are Walter Suba, Sam Church, president United Mine Workers, and Harrison Combs, general counsel for the UMW. The negotiators are working against a midnight deadline in the search for a tentative contract settlement in hopes of averting a nationwide strike. (AP Laserphoto)(see AP AAA wire story) (tm21226stf/daugherty) 1981 slug: Coal Talks.'