Umwa Bcoa Training and Education Trust

THE FUND WAS FORMED EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1988, UNDER AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA (UMWA) AND THE BITUMINOUS COAL OPERATORS' ASSOCIATION, INC. (BCOA). THE FUND IS ORGANIZED UNDER SEC. 302(C)(6) OF THE LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT OF 1947, AS AMENDED BY THE LABOR MANAGEMENT COOPERATION ACT, TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING OR EDUCATION FOR UNEMPLOYED WORKERS IN THE BITUMINOUS COAL INDUSTRY REPRESENTED BY THE UMWA WHO HAVE PERFORMED CLASSIFIED WORK UNDER THE NATIONAL BITUMINOUS COAL WAGE AGREEMENT OF 1988 (NBCWA), OR ANY PREDECESSOR THERETO, AND THEIR FAMILY DEPENDENTS, AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE II, PART E OF THE 1988 NBCWA. EFFECTIVELY ADOPTED OCTOBER 4, 1994, CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS TO THE 1988 NBCWA WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE 1993 NBCWA. BY MUTUAL SUPPORT OF THE SETTLORS, THE 2002 NBCWA BECAME EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 2002 AND WAS RE-NEGOTIATED BY A SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT, THE 2007 NBCWA WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2007. The 2007 NBCWA, contained