PRINTER'S NO. 1098
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
180
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, BARTOLOTTA, KANE, BOSCOLA, HUGHES,
YUDICHAK, BREWSTER, COMITTA, MENSCH, COSTA, MUTH, FONTANA,
STREET, STEFANO AND CAPPELLETTI, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life and career of Richard Trumka.
WHEREAS, Richard Trumka was born on July 24, 1949, in
Nemacolin to a Polish American father, who was a coal miner, and
an Italian American mother; and
WHEREAS, In Greene County, Mr. Trumka worked as a coal miner
before graduating from The Pennsylvania State University in 1971
and Villanova University School of Law in 1974; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Trumka was elected president of the United Mine
Workers of America (UMWA) at 33 years of age, making him the
youngest president ever of UMWA; and
WHEREAS, As president of UMWA, Mr. Trumka led one of the most
successful strikes in American history against the Pittston Coal
Company in Pittston; and
WHEREAS, In 2009, Mr. Trumka was elected president of the
AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the United States
and made up of more than 12 million active and retired workers;
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WHEREAS, Influencing economic policy across many industries
and sectors of the economy, Mr. Trumka championed workers'
rights and workplace safety, and worked with leaders of both
political parties to include labor provisions in the United
States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, signed into law in 2020; and
WHEREAS, Richard Trumka passed away on Thursday, August 5,
2021, at 72 years of age; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate honor the life and career of
Richard Trumka.
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