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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...
Sweeney took over the AFL-CIO in 1995, where his main legacy was restoring progressivism to the labor movement through reaching out to groups such as youth, the elderly, and minorities. Trumka said he aims to continue this focus on bringing more workers into the movement during his tenure...
...going to take credit for everything Rich Trumka does,” Sweeney says with a small laugh...
Karen Jeanne O’Donnell, a union electrician who has worked at projects at the Harvard Business School and Adams House, said that she was disappointed that Trumka did not address the role of women workers, but she was “hopeful and energized” after hearing his plans to reach out across age and socioeconomic lines...