27 Oct Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh Visits Striking Kellogg’s Workers in Lancaster, Pa.
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U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh met with Local 374G Kelloggβs workers and BCTGM International President outside the Lancaster, Pa. cereal plant. Walsh, who is a longtime union member, spent hours on the line with workers in a solid show of solidarity.
Walsh is theΒ first union memberΒ to lead the Department of Labor in more than four decades, and is the first sitting labor secretary to visit striking workers on a picket line. Ahead of the October 27 meeting, Walsh stated on Twitter, βI grew up in a working-class family. Iβm the son of immigrants and a proud second-generation Laborer. I have always stood with Americaβs working people, and will continue to do so as your Secretary of Labor.β