United Mine Workers of America

What United Mine Workers of America does

The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is a North American labor union founded in 1890, headquartered in Triangle, Virginia, and one of the largest unions in North America representing coal miners. The union serves a multi-industry membership base that now extends well beyond its coal-mining roots to include manufacturing workers, healthcare employees, public-sector workers (correctional officers, federal research technicians, county/city employees), and approximately 1,500 Navajo Nation employees across tribal lands. UMWA provides collective bargaining representation, grievance handling, arbitration, workplace safety enforcement (via MSHA and OSHA), pension and healthcare benefits administration (through the UMWA Health and Retirement Funds covering over 100,000 coal miners, dependents, and surviving spouses), legal representation, and legislative advocacy through its COMPAC political action committee.

UMWA's revenue model is built primarily on recurring member dues collected via employer checkoff authorization and direct billing. Active members across represented industries pay standard union dues, while associate memberships are offered to surviving spouses, family members, and general supporters at $5/month, providing access to the bi-monthly United Mine Workers Journal (the longest continually-published labor periodical in North American history, since January 1890), digital archives, and Union Plus consumer benefits. The union does not offer technology products; its core deliverables are representational services, member publications, and benefits administration. Operationally, UMWA is distributed across an International Headquarters, six geographic districts (2, 12, 17, 20, 22, 31) covering the U.S., a Canada office, four regional offices, and numerous sub-offices, supported by an elected leadership structure with International Vice Presidents for each district and a recently transitioned executive team (Brian Sanson, 16th International President, and Michael Phillippi, International Secretary-Treasurer, both sworn in October 29, 2025).

Name

United Mine Workers of America

Legal name

United Mine Workers of America

Website

https://umwa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1890

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), founded in 1890, is a North American labor union headquartered in Triangle, Virginia, representing coal miners plus manufacturing, healthcare, public-sector, and Navajo Nation workers through collective bargaining, benefits administration, and legislative advocacy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Triangle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Member Dues: UMWA generates revenue through membership dues from active workers across its represented industries including mining, manufacturing, public employees, and healthcare. Dues are typically collected through employer checkoff authorization forms where unions have established collective bargaining agreements.
2. Associate Membership Fees: The union offers associate memberships for surviving spouses, family members, and general supporters at $5/month. This provides access to union publications, digital archives, and member benefits while supporting the union's mission.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The United Mine Workers of America is a nonprofit labor union that provides collective bargaining representation, grievance handling, and arbitration services to workers across mining, manufacturing, public employment, healthcare, and Navajo Nation sectors in the United States and Canada. It administers pension and health care benefits to over 100,000 coal miners, dependents, and surviving spouses through the UMWA Health and Retirement Funds, and offers member benefits including the bi-monthly United Mine Workers Journal, the UMWA Digital Archives, Union Plus consumer discounts, and an associate membership program.

Product overview

The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is a labor union offering a portfolio of member services rather than a traditional technology product. The union's core offerings include collective bargaining representation, member benefits through the Union Plus program, and member resources including the United Mine Workers Journal (bi-monthly publication since 1890), UMWA Digital Archives Collection, and Associate Membership. The UMWA also operates a merchandise store selling union-made apparel and memorabilia through K&R Promotional Industries, and provides exclusive members-only content through the UMWA Member Pages portal. The union does not offer AI/ML-powered products or technical integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UMWA Merchandise (K&R Promotional Industries)

Quantifiable outcome

• Union members' wages are 27 percent higher on average than non-union employees doing the same work
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• SPARKZflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2024UMWA partnered with SPARKZ to secure a $9.8 million Department of Energy grant for a first-of-a-kind domestic lithium battery material production facility in West Virginia. This represents UMWA's expansion into clean energy and battery manufacturing.
• WVU Medicine Children's HospitalminorOthers · 1 January 2022The hospital's children's heart wing was named the 'Cecil E. Roberts, United Mine Workers of America WVU Children's Heart Wing' honoring the UMWA President and the union's support.
• Union Plus (AFL-CIO)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 1986Union Plus was created by the AFL-CIO in 1986 to provide union members and their families with valuable consumer benefits. UMWA members receive discounts on wireless (AT&T 15-20%), credit cards, mortgages, auto services, insurance, and entertainment through this partnership.
• K&R Promotional Industries (IUPAT Local Union 1937)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorK&R Promotional Industries, members of IUPAT Local Union 1937, provides UMWA merchandise including jackets, shirts, hats, and polo shirts through the UMWA store. Their commitment to union values ensures products are made with union solidarity.
• National Energy and Technology Laboratory (NETL)minorOthersUMWA represents federal research technicians at the NETL facility in Morgantown, WV, a U.S. Department of Energy research facility working on carbon capture and sequestration technology.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Service Employees International Union (SEIU): SEIU is one of the largest unions representing healthcare workers, janitors, and public employees. They are a comparable peer because they organize healthcare workers (hospitals, nursing homes) like UMWA, and represent public sector employees in similar roles to UMWA's public employee membership.
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters: The Teamsters represent workers across logistics, manufacturing, warehousing, and mining. They are a broad incumbent peer because they overlap with UMWA in industrial representation, energy sector workers, and freight/logistics roles similar to UMWA's railcar repair and coal transportation members.
• AFL-CIO: AFL-CIO is the largest federation of labor unions in the United States, of which UMWA is an affiliate. It is comparable to UMWA as the overarching labor movement umbrella that provides strategic support, political coordination, and shared benefits programs like Union Plus to member unions including UMWA.
• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM): IAM represents workers in manufacturing, aerospace, and transportation. They are a comparable peer because they organize manufacturing and industrial workers in overlapping sectors with UMWA, including similar geographic regions and worker types in metal fabrication and industrial facilities.
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT): AFT represents teachers, healthcare workers, and public employees across the US. They are a comparable peer because they organize public sector workers (including Navajo Nation educators) and healthcare workers in similar roles to UMWA's diversifying membership base.
• Communications Workers of America (CWA): CWA represents workers in telecommunications, media, and public sector. They are a broad peer because they organize public employees and workers in industries where UMWA also has expanding membership, sharing similar AFL-CIO federation infrastructure and member benefit programs.

Direct peers

• United Steelworkers (USW): United Steelworkers represents workers in steel, mining, manufacturing, and related industries across North America. USW is a direct peer because it also organizes mining and industrial workers in similar geographic regions to UMWA, and competes for representation in overlapping industries like metals manufacturing and minerals.
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers: The Boilermakers represent workers in construction, manufacturing, mining, and shipbuilding. They are a direct peer because they organize workers in similar heavy industrial sectors to UMWA, including power generation, mining, and metal fabrication roles.
• International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE): IUOE represents heavy equipment operators, including those in mining and construction. They are a direct peer because they organize miners and heavy industrial workers in similar sectors to UMWA, often competing for representation of workers at the same mining and energy facilities.

Emerging players

• National Nurses United (NNU): NNU is the largest union of registered nurses in the US, representing healthcare workers in hospitals and healthcare facilities. They are an emerging peer because they organize healthcare workers in the same hospital settings where UMWA has expanded its healthcare worker membership (WVU Medicine, Mt. San Rafael Hospital).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/UMWAunion
• Xx.com/mineworkers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/umwa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles24 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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