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Remembering Alexis Herman, the first Black US Secretary of Labor
Labor leaders, politicians and civil rights activists are mourning the death of Alexis Herman, the first Black U.S.
Alexis Herman, First Black Secretary of Labor, Is Dead at 77
A social worker, she became a Democratic Party insider and joined President Bill Clinton’s cabinet during his second term.
City mourns Mobile native and first African American woman to serve as US Secretary of Labor
The first African American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman died at the age of 77 on ...
Alexis Herman, labor secretary raised in segregated South, dies at 77
Ms. Herman’s ascent in Washington began as head of the Labor Department women’s bureau in the Carter administration in the ...
States warned federal funding is in jeopardy if illegal immigrants are collecting unemployment benefits
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer warned all 50 states Friday about illegal immigrants collecting taxpayer-funded unemployment benefits.
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Alexis Herman, the first Black secretary of labor in U.S. history, dies at age 77
Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights ...
New Data Provide a Pre-Tariff Snapshot of a Stable but Slowing Labor Market
The labor market remained sound in March, with job openings declining but layoffs remaining near record lows, while rates of ...
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Alexis Herman, the first Black secretary of labor in U.S. history, dies at age 77
The first Black leader of the U.S. Department of Labor, former Secretary Alexis Herman ... the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. "She was a powerful yet graceful leader, a visionary ...