UMWA
Proper noun
Meaning
UMWA
Initialism of United Mine Workers of America.
Umwa
A village on Banaba, Kiribati.
Anagrams
Examples
In what a contemporary writer pointed out was a complete reversal of their usual policy, UMWA officials called for police to protect United Mine Workers members who wished to cross the picket lines.
The IWW considered the UMWA too reactionary, because the United Mine Workers negotiated contracts with the mine owners for fixed time periods; the IWW considered that contracts hindered their revolutionary goals.