This article brings up to date an analysis of the financial experience of the welfare and retirement fund for organized workers in the bituminous coal industry. The experience illustrates some of the difficulties that may be encountered in maintaining the solvency of a benefit program which is...

Analyzes the operating experience of the United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund in the United States from 1961 to 1965. Information on the United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund; Methods of financing; Details of the provisions for pension and survivor...

The welfare and retirement fund negotiated in 1946 by the UMWA for bituminous coal miners was the first large program of its type to be set up by collective bargaining after the war. Based upon principles differing from those followed in other industries, the fund aroused much speculation in...