HARRISBURG, Pa., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, a West Berks Water Authority worker, Cody Gipprich, was tragically killed on the job in Wyomissing. Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder issued the following joint statement: "Our thoughts go out to the family of Cody Gipprich, who was killed today at the West Berks Water Authority. The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO puts the health and safety of all workers above all other issues, whether they are organized in a union or not. This latest tragedy once again shines a light on the fact that some 500,000 Pennsylvania public sector workers do not have the same OSHA-like protection as all other workers in the State. For more than thirty years, Pennsylvania's unions have been fighting for public sector OSHA