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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...
After years of fighting for workers’ rights, Sweeney ended his four-term tenure as president of the AFL-CIO in September and is now a resident fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics...
Although he no longer leads America’s largest federation of unions, Sweeney has continued to feel pulled towards the plight of everyday workers, even during his semester at Harvard...
...contrast with the other fellows, Sweeney has spent his career working outside of the government, and he said that he looks forward to engaging in dialogue with the other fellows...