RACINE — 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 crowd of 150-plus at John Slack Memorial Park in Boone County gathered for the UMWA’s 87th annual Labor Day celebration on Monday. Politics

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