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:''This article is about Cecil Roberts the president of the United Mine Workers of America. For the journalist and novelist see Cecil Roberts.'' Cecil Roberts (October 31, 1946) is a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA).〔http://www.umwa.org/bios/biocr.html "Cecil E. Roberts, President." United Mine Workers of America, no date. Accessed January 10, 2007.〕 He is also a vice president of the AFL-CIO, and sits on the AFL-CIO's executive council. ==Early life== Roberts was born on Halloween in 1946. He grew up along Cabin Creek in Kanawha County, West Virginia. After serving in the United States military and doing a tour of duty in the Vietnam War, Roberts went to work as a miner in 1971. He became active in Miners for Democracy, the reform movement in the United Mine Workers which sprung up around miner Arnold Miller. In 1977, he was elected vice president of District 17. In 1982, Roberts was elected vice president of UMWA. His running mate was Richard Trumka, who became the union's president. Roberts graduated from the West Virginia Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in 1987. In 1989, Roberts was the on-site leader and strategist and chief negotiator in UMWA's 10-month strike against Pittston Coal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cecil Roberts (labor unionist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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