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In 2018, retired Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 777 member Paul Venti started a non-profit corporation to help feed and clothe the homeless, Fighting the Good Fight on Hunger and Homelessness. On Feb. 7, 2010, the Kleen Energy Natural Gas power plant in Middletown, Conn., exploded, killing six Brothers. Venti wanted to do something to give back to the community. “I was a Night Steward on that job, and we began to have food drives to assist people experiencing homelessness in the community,” Venti said. “That was the beginning of my journe ...
President Biden delivered remarks at a rally for labor union members in Philadelphia, his first official campaign event since declaring his intention to run for reelection. He promoted his record o...
Josh Shapiro is gaining support among union leaders – including teachers unions – despite... the Philadelphia Inquirer. "We respectfully ask you not select Pennsylvania Governor Josh...
Sprinkler Fitters Local 692 Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 4:37 P.M. EDT · THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Hello, Philly! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, thank you, truly. We owe — not o- — not only do we owe you the pension that was owed to you, but we owe you a lot more than that. You know, the reason this country is working is because the middle class is growing. The middle class built this country, and unions built the middle class. (Applause.) · Look, it’s always great to be work...
The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA) represents approximately 355,000 Plumbers, Pipefitters...
Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 1:46 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Philadelphia! (Applause.) Hello, organized labor, union labor! (Applause.) There’s labor, and there’s union labor. (Applause.) Folks, it feels good to be home. (Applause.) I’m Joe Biden. I’m Jill Biden’s husband and damn proud of it. A Philly girl, a card-carrying member of union. (Applause.) And, David, thank you for that introduction. And I want to thank Liz — President Liz Shuler, who’s been a friend of mine for a long, long time an ...
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Timeline ; 1954: The French military outpost at Dien Bien Phu falls to the communist Vietminh. 1959: Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev engage in their famous "kitchen debate" in Moscow. 1966: In August, Mao Zedong launches the "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution ," which rapidly plunges China into chaos as armed youths plunder the countryside, rooting out suspected foreign collaborators and anti-Chinese elements. 1969: Richard M. Nixon sworn in as president of t...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 12:38 P.M. EDT · THE VICE PRESIDENT: Can I hear it for Orville? (Applause.) Thank you, Orville and for — for building — helping to build Philly and our country. So, good afternoon, everyone. It’s good to be back and to see all the friends. Good afternoon. And — · AUDIENCE: Good afternoon! · THE VICE PRESIDENT: And it is always great to be in the House of Labor. Thank you, all. (Applause.) · And thank you, all, for the work that’s happening here. It is extraordinary work. ...