As President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), Cecil Roberts, a sixth-generation coal miner, has spent a lifetime advocating for improved safety and health for the nation's mines. Currently a member of the Executive Committee of the AFL-CIO's Executive Council, Roberts is also chair of the Executive Council Committee on Safety and Health. Growing up in a UMWA household in Kanawha County, West Virginia, Roberts heard the stories of his family, including his great-uncle, who was a legendary organizer during the West Virginia mine wars of the 1920s. Both of his grandfathers were killed in the mines. This is a first-time AIHce presentation from one of the labor movement's
most stirring and sought-after orators.