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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...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IOP Fellow Sweeney Brings Personal Touch | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

...LABOR LEADER...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IOP Fellow Sweeney Brings Personal Touch | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

Years before Sweeney held his first job, he already knew the power of labor unions...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IOP Fellow Sweeney Brings Personal Touch | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

Growing up among a family of Irish immigrants in the Bronx, Sweeney saw firsthand the power of organized labor. His father, a unionized New York City bus driver, received salary and vacation benefits unavailable to his mother, a domestic worker...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IOP Fellow Sweeney Brings Personal Touch | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

Sweeney’s experiences growing up, including working unionized jobs in college—such as a grocer and a gravedigger—inspired his decision to pursue a career in the labor movement...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IOP Fellow Sweeney Brings Personal Touch | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

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