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'''Miners for Democracy''' was a dissident movement within the [[United Mine Workers of America]] which successfully challenged the administration of the union in the early 1970s. It was organized in [[Clarksville, Pennsylvania]] in April 1970 after the assassination there of [[Joseph Yablonski|Joseph ‘‘Jock’’ Yablonski]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Miners for Democracy |url=https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1816 |website=www.wvencyclopedia.org |publisher=West Virginia Encyclopedia}}</ref> MFD's action led to the election of [[Arnold Miller]] as UMWA's president from 1972 to 1979.

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