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Although he could only stay at the rally for an hour, he smiles remembering the opportunity he had to speak individually with 20 of the workers.
On a recent Wednesday, in between meeting with students at the Kennedy School and running his 4 p.m. study group, Sweeney briefly stepped out of the office to join a group of workers protesting for jobs outside of the Bank of America in Boston.
“I’m going to take credit for everything Rich Trumka does,” Sweeney says with a small laugh.
While Sweeney jokes about taking credit for Trumka’s work, he is quick to give credit to others for making his union accomplishments possible.
“It seems like every time I look up, he’s headed off to another meeting with another group of students, usually to eat a large pizza dinner,” Purcell says. “He has simply been game for anything that our students...