PENNSYLVANIA, September 27 - 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;

and

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