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Heather Cox Richardson
Aug 6, 2021
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Cathy Learoyd (Texas)
Aug 6, 2021

The death of Richard Trumka, the President of the AFL-CIO, brings up the question of what is the role of unions in this time. I have a unique perspective because I have been both a member of the AFL-CIO - the Musicians Union and a senior executive in a Fortune 100 company that never saw unionization. I was in the Musicians Union before Right to Work laws so in order to perform with a professional symphony orchestra in the 1970s you had to join the union. I saw the union as having both pluses…

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Andrea Haynes
Aug 6, 2021
Andrea Haynes

Cathy, thank you for this information.

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