Active and retired members of the United Mine Workers, along with labor and community supporters, will march and rally in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday May 21. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Kathy Surratt-States will rule on or before May 29 on a request by Patriot Coal to effectively eliminate health care benefits for more than 23,000 retired miners and their families.

More than three thousand active and retired coal miners and their families, joined by labor, consumer and faith leaders, will return to St. Louis on Monday, April 29 as the U.S. Bankruptcy Court begins hearings on Patriot Coal's demand to effectively eliminate health care for retired miners and impost severe cutbacks on pay, working conditions and benefits for active miners.

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood are featured speakers at 2011 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference, February 8-10, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park.

Postponed --- Students who participated in the National History Day (NHD) educational program perform better on high-stakes tests, are better writers, more confident and capable researchers, and have a more mature perspective on current events and civic engagement than their peers, according to the first national evaluation of the widely used curricular program.