BOONE COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Cecil Roberts has served as the UMWA president for decades and he knows how important labor unions across the country are. Unions have played a large role in gaining ...

MANNINGTON, W.Va. — After leading the United Mine Workers of America or 30 years, UMWA President Cecil Roberts is set to step down this fall. Roberts, the Kanawha County native, spent part of his ...

For the first time in three decades, there’s a new leader atop the United Mine Workers of America. Cecil Roberts officially retired from his position as UMWA president, the union announced Thursday ...

RACINE, W.Va. — Cecil Roberts made his last Labor Day stand as United Mine Workers of America president leaning on history. “People have died to make the mines safer,” Roberts bellowed, captivating a ...