
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, June 4, 1994                   TAG: 9406230048
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: METRO 
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UMW PLEASED WITH NEW CONTRACT

United Mine Workers said Friday they were pleased with a proposed contract with Pittston Coal Group that raises wages higher than the 1993 national coal mining contract and increases benefits.

"No concession, all gains," Ronnie Robbins, a UMW secretary at the local in Dante said after reading the labor agreement.

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