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Anita Torrez, Southwestern labor leader and Communist activist, dies at 94 February 4, 2021 9:22 AM CDT By Joe Bernick
Anita Torrez in 2014 in front of a mural commemorating the Empire Zinc strike. | Scott Marshall / People s World
The American working class suffered a great loss on Jan. 31 with the passing of Anita Torrez. Torrez, who celebrated her 94th birthday last fall, spent almost her entire adult life in the struggles for economic justice and against racist and sexist discrimination.
John Sweeney was credited with transforming the nation’s largest labor federation into a political powerhouse.
Feb 3rd, 2021
In this Sept. 15, 2009, file photo, outgoing AFL-CIO President John Sweeney speaks at the AFL-CIO convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Sweeney, who spent 14 years steering the AFL-CIO through a time of declining union membership and rising internal dissent, died on Feb. 1, 2021. He was 86.
AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File
WASHINGTON (AP) John Sweeney, who spent 14 years steering the AFL-CIO through a time of declining union membership and rising internal dissent, has died. He was 86.
He died on Monday at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, AFL-CIO communications deputy director Carolyn Bobb said. The cause of his death wasn t immediately disclosed.
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