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Mike Trbovich (November 19, 1920 - June 24, 1989) was a miner and labor union activist active in the United Mine Workers of America, AFL-CIO in the 1960s and 1970s. He had a high school education, was a coal shuttle operator in Pennsylvania for much of his life, and was of Eastern European descent. He was an active member of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), and rose to prominence in District 5 (which covered Pennsylvania) under reformer Joseph "Jock" Yablonski in the 1960s. ==Yablonski electoral challenge== Yablonski challenged autocratic UMWA president W. A. Boyle for the presidency of the union in 1969. Trbovich was one of Yablosnki's most ardent supporters, and managed his campaign. In an election widely seen as fraudulent, Boyle beat Yablonski in the election held on December 9 by a margin of nearly two-to-one. Yablonski conceded the election, but on December 18 asked the United States Department of Labor (DOL) to investigate the election for fraud. On December 31, three hitmen—acting on Boyle's orders and paid with union funds embezzled by Boyle—shot Yablonski, his wife, Margaret, and his 25-year-old daughter, Charlotte, as they slept in the Yablonski home in Clarksville, Pennsylvania. A few hours after Yablonski's funeral, Trbovich, two of Yablonski's sons (Kenneth Yablonski and Joseph "Chip" Yablonski) and several other miners who had supported Yablonski met in the basement of the church were the service was held. They met with attorney Joseph Rauh and drew up plans for a reform caucus to be called Miners for Democracy. Their immediate goal was to keep Yablonski's election-related lawsuits alive. Meanwhile, DOL found evidence of fraud and petitioned a federal district court to overturn the election. On January 17, 1972, the United States Supreme Court granted Trbovich permission to intervene in the DOL suit as a complainant—keeping the election fraud suit alive. 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「Mike Trbovich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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