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Kenneth Yablonski (February 13, 1934 – September 8, 2002) was a noted attorney with the firm of Yablonski, Costello and Leckie in Washington, Pennsylvania. Kenneth Yablonski was born in 1934 to Joseph "Jock" and Ann Huffman Yablonski. He obtained a bachelor's degree from Waynesburg College in 1956 and received his J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law in 1959. In 1961, he co-founded the firm of Yablonski, Costello and Leckie, and remained with the firm for the rest of his life. In 1964, Yablonski won a precedent-setting case involving benefits to survivors of a mine disaster. A mine explosion occurred at U.S. Steel's Robena No. 3 Mine in Greene County, Pennsylvania on December 8, 1962. A total of 37 miners lost their lives. Yablonski won a court order forcing the local coroner to perform an inquest, which subsequently provided evidence that helped the families win expanded survivors' benefits from the Pennsylvania Workmens' Compensation Board. ==Father's murder and union activism== In the 1960s, Yablonski's father, Joseph A. "Jock" Yablonski, a long-time labor union representative, made a number of attempts to reform the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) which ultimately led to a run for the presidency of UMWA in 1969 against W. A. Tony" Boyle. During and after the election, Jock Yablonski was represented and assisted by labor attorneys Joseph Rauh and Daniel Edelman, and sons Kenneth and Joseph "Chip" Yablonski. Jock Yablonski brought five lawsuits alleging that Boyle and UMWA had denied him use of the union's mailing lists as provided for by law, that he had been removed from his position as acting director of Labor's Non-Partisan League in retaliation for his candidacy, that the UMW Journal was being used by Boyle as a campaign and propaganda mouthpiece, that UMWA had no rules for fair elections and printed nearly 51,000 excess ballots which should be destroyed, and that UMWA had violated its fiduciary duties by spending union funds on Boyle's re-election.〔These charges and their resolution are outlined in "Kenneth J. Yablonski and Joseph A. Yablonski v. United Mine Workers of America et al.," 466 F.2d 424 (August 3, 1972).〕 After losing the election, and believing that Boyle had committed election fraud, Jock Yablonski sued to overturn the election. On December 31, 1969, Jock Yablonski, his wife Margaret, and his 25-year-old daughter Charlotte were murdered by three assassins hired by Boyle and paid for with embezzled union money. Worried that he had not heard from his family since Christmas, Kenneth Yablonski and a friend drove to the Yablonski home in Clarksville, Pennsylvania on January 5, 1970 and discovered the bodies of his slain family. In the aftermath of his family's murders, Kenneth Yablonski joined with his brother and other miners to form the Miners for Democracy, a reform movement within UMWA. Lou Antal, president of UMWA District 5, hired Kenneth Yablonski to represent him as he attempted to overturn his district's 1970 election results (which had been rigged by Boyle). The ensuing outcry over the murders led to the 1969 election being overturned and miner Arnold Miller unseated Boyle in 1972. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenneth Yablonski」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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