UFW: Farm Workers Mourn Dedicated Labor Lader Richard Trumka
August 06, 2021
August 06, 2021
KEENE, California, Aug. 6 (TNSOps) -- The United Farm Workers issued the following news release:
Farm workers sadly learned that Richard Trumka, a third-generation coal miner who became president of the national AFL-CIO labor federation, has passed away suddenly.
Cesar Chavez went to Virginia when Trumka was president of the United Mine Workers in 1989 to support striking miners during the lengthy Pittston coal strike. Trumka later fired up United Farm Workers members w . . .
Farm workers sadly learned that Richard Trumka, a third-generation coal miner who became president of the national AFL-CIO labor federation, has passed away suddenly.
Cesar Chavez went to Virginia when Trumka was president of the United Mine Workers in 1989 to support striking miners during the lengthy Pittston coal strike. Trumka later fired up United Farm Workers members w . . .