Item 8.01. Other Events.

On June 16, 2008 the Company reported that a new collective bargaining agreement has been reached with the Company's represented employees at Westmoreland Resources Inc.'s Absaloka Mine in Montana. The new agreement with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 400 ("IUOE") is effective June 1, 2008, and will expire May 31, 2011. The represented employees had rejected a previously proposed agreement and imposed a work stoppage on June 7, 2008. The mine resumed full operation under the new agreement on June 17, 2008.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated June 16, 2008

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