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Sweeney, then the president of the Service Employees International Union, was scheduled to give a speech to the crowds gathered to protest the lack of health insurance for retired mine workers. But, according to United Mine Workers’ then-President Richard L. Trumka, Sweeney was nowhere to be found...
Trumka, now Sweeney’s successor at the AFL-CIO, eventually discovered the lost labor leader amidst a group of displaced mine workers and had to “drag” Sweeney away from the workers and up to the stage to give his speech...
While Sweeney jokes about taking credit for Trumka’s work, he is quick to give credit to others for making his union accomplishments possible...
...existing UC rules, the Council must wait one week before taking a final vote to accept or deny the constitutional changes. Hysen said the waiting period will give members time for more thorough reflection and offer them the chance to change how they originally voted...
...Penn played particularly well this week, and I give them a lot of credit,” Rhoads said. “But certainly I believe that if we had played a normal week for us—or a good week for us—that we certainly would have either won or been right next to Penn, despite how well they played this week...