AFL-CIO: Legendary Career and Spiritual Calling of John Sweeney
February 02, 2021
February 02, 2021
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The AFL-CIO issued the following statement:
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Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the passing of AFL-CIO President Emeritus John Sweeney:
John Sweeney was a legend, plain and simple. He was guided into unionism by his Catholic faith, and not a single day passed by when he didn't put the needs of working people first. John viewed his leadership as a spiritual calling, a divine act of solidarity in a world plague . . .
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Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the passing of AFL-CIO President Emeritus John Sweeney:
John Sweeney was a legend, plain and simple. He was guided into unionism by his Catholic faith, and not a single day passed by when he didn't put the needs of working people first. John viewed his leadership as a spiritual calling, a divine act of solidarity in a world plague . . .