United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts is retiring later this week. I’ve covered the coal industry, the mine workers and their leader since before he became union president 30 years ago. In a two-hour interview, we talked about growing up on Cabin Creek, going to Vietnam and coming home, the dangerous life of […] Cecil Roberts reflects on growing up in coal country, going to Vietnam, and why too many miners die on the job appeared first on Mountain State Spotlight, West Vi...
