Longtime leader of United Mine Workers to retire
The longtime leader of the United Mine Workers of America, Cecil Roberts, is retiring.Roberts, a West Virginia native who has ...
Cecil Roberts to retire as United Mine Workers of America president
The president of the United Mine Workers of America has announced he will be retiring this fall after 30 years in the ...
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UMWA president Cecil Roberts announces impending retirement after 30 years at helm
Cecil Roberts, the longtime leader of the United Mine Workers of America union, has announced his retirement. The UMWA International president plans to retire in October after 30 years in that ...
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Community gathers for 5th Annual Willow Grove Mine Memorial Service, honoring 1940 tragedy
The ceremony began with the flag being lowered to half-staff, followed by a keynote address from the International President of the United Mine Workers of America. For Irene Cych, the tragedy ...
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Trump appoints mining industry executive to head Mining Safety and Health
[Photo: Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee] The current president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), Cecil Roberts, served under former UMWA and AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka ...
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Financial challenge of insurance costs for public employees takes legislative spotlight
Among the speakers were representatives of the United Mine Workers of America, Professional Fire Fighters of West Virginia, the West Virginia Troopers Association, Communication Workers of America ...
Tom Zirpoli: A leader builds; a fool destroys | COMMENTARY
It is so much easier to break things than to create. Children easily break things as they are clumsy and impulsive. Knocking ...