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Richard Trumka

Index Richard Trumka

Richard Louis Trumka (born July 24, 1949)Who's Who in America. 62nd ed. [1]

51 relations: AFL–CIO, AFL–CIO election, 2009, Apartheid, Associated Press, Bachelor of Science, Boycott, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Cecil Roberts (labor unionist), Citizen Action, Civil disobedience, Coal mining, Comprehensive campaign, Employee benefits, Esquire (magazine), Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Get out the vote, Grand jury, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Italian Americans, James P. Hoffa, Jimmy Hoffa, John Sweeney (labor leader), Law degree, Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award, Mining, National trade union center, Nemacolin, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, Pension, Pittsburgh, Pittston Coal strike, Polish Americans, Racism, Ron Carey (labor leader), Royal Dutch Shell, Sam Church, South Africa, Strike action, Strikebreaker, The New York Times, Trade union, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, Unite the Right rally, United Mine Workers, United States, United States presidential election, 2008, Villanova University, Washington, D.C., ..., YouTube. Expand index (1 more) »

AFL–CIO

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is the largest federation of unions in the United States.

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AFL–CIO election, 2009

The 2009 election for the leadership of the AFL-CIO occurred following the announcement of incumbent president John Sweeney's retirement.

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science (Latin Baccalaureus Scientiae, B.S., BS, B.Sc., BSc, or B.Sc; or, less commonly, S.B., SB, or Sc.B., from the equivalent Latin Scientiae Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years, or a person holding such a degree.

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Boycott

A boycott is an act of voluntary and intentional abstention from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Catholic News Service

Catholic News Service (CNS) is an American news agency that reports on the Roman Catholic Church.

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Cecil Roberts (labor unionist)

Cecil Roberts (born October 31, 1946) is a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA).

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Citizen Action

Citizen Action was a national liberal consumer and public activist group that was active in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Civil disobedience

Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government or occupying international power.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.

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Comprehensive campaign

A comprehensive campaign is labor union organizing or a collective bargaining campaign with a heavy focus on research, the use of community coalition-building, publicity and public pressure, political and regulatory pressure, and economic and legal pressure in addition to traditional organizing tactics.

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Employee benefits

Employee benefits and (especially in British English) benefits in kind (also called fringe benefits, perquisites, or perks) include various types of non-wage compensation provided to employees in addition to their normal wages or salaries.

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Esquire (magazine)

Esquire is an American men's magazine, published by the Hearst Corporation in the United States.

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Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights and, among other things, protects individuals from being compelled to be witnesses against themselves in criminal cases.

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Get out the vote

"Get out the vote" (or "getting out the vote"; GOTV) describes efforts aimed at increasing the voter turnout in elections.

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Grand jury

A grand jury is a legal body empowered to conduct official proceedings and investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought.

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International Brotherhood of Teamsters

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada.

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Italian Americans

Italian Americans (italoamericani or italo-americani) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans who have ancestry from Italy.

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James P. Hoffa

James Phillip Hoffa (born May 19, 1941) is an attorney and labor leader and the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

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Jimmy Hoffa

James Riddle Hoffa (February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975) was an American labor union leader who served as the President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) union from 1958 until 1971.

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John Sweeney (labor leader)

John Joseph Sweeney (born May 5, 1934) is a labor leader and served as president of the AFL-CIO from 1995 to 2009.

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Law degree

A law degree is an academic degree conferred for studies in law.

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Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award

The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award is awarded annually by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Policy Studies.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit.

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National trade union center

A national trade union center is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a single country.

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Nemacolin, Pennsylvania

Nemacolin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University (commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU) is a state-related, land-grant, doctoral university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.

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Pension

A pension is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years, and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

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Pittston Coal strike

The Pittston Coal strike was a United States labor union action led by the United Mine Workers Union (UMWA) against the Pittston Coal Company, nationally headquartered in Pittston, Pennsylvania.

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Polish Americans

Polish Americans are Americans who have total or partial Polish ancestry.

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Racism

Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another, which often results in discrimination and prejudice towards people based on their race or ethnicity.

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Ron Carey (labor leader)

Ronald Robert Carey (March 22, 1936 – December 11, 2008) was an American labor leader who served as president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1991 to 1997.

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Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known as Shell, is a British–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom.

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Sam Church

Samuel Morgan Church, Jr.Hevesi, "Sam Church, Who Led United Mine Workers, Dies at 72," New York Times, July 15, 2009.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Strike action

Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.

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Strikebreaker

A strikebreaker (sometimes derogatorily called a scab, blackleg, or knobstick) is a person who works despite an ongoing strike.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD

The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) is the interface of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) with organized labour.TUAC has 59 affiliated trade union centres in 31 OECD countries, representing more than 66 million workers.

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Unite the Right rally

The Unite the Right rally, also known as the Charlottesville rally or Charlottesville riots, was a white nationalist rally that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, from August 11 to 12, 2017.

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United Mine Workers

The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States presidential election, 2008

The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election.

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Villanova University

Villanova University is a private research university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in the United States.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Trumka

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