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Anonymous ID: 493e08 Aug. 5, 2021, 4:56 p.m. No.14279123   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9150 >>9165 >>9254 >>9377 >>9461 >>9561 >>9641

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka dead at 72

 

The president of the influential American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Richard Trumka, unexpectedly died overnight.

 

AFL-CIO released an official statement shortly after several lawmakers and President Joe Biden paid homage to Trumka.

 

“The labor movement, the AFL-CIO and the nation lost a legend today," the organization stated in a press readout. "Rich Trumka devoted his life to working people, from his early days as president of the United Mine Workers of America to his unparalleled leadership as the voice of America’s labor movement. He was a relentless champion of workers’ rights, workplace safety, worker-centered trade, democracy and so much more."

 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer fought back tears on the floor of the chamber on Thursday when making a brief address about Trumka's death, saying, "The working people of America have lost a fierce warrior at a time when we needed him most."

 

SAUCE: https://news.yahoo.com/afl-cio-president-richard-trumka-162200871.html

Anonymous ID: 493e08 Aug. 5, 2021, 5 p.m. No.14279154   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9165 >>9254 >>9377 >>9461 >>9561 >>9641

Richard T. Farmer, philanthropist and the founder of Cintas Corp., dead at age 86

 

Richard T. Farmer, the founder and chairman emeritus of Cintas Corp., died on Aug. 4, according to a LinkedIn post by the Miami University business school named for Farmer's family. He was 86.

 

The business leader and philanthropist's life story is literally one of going from rags to riches. His company grew through acquisitions and start-ups, transforming the family business into a public company that reported a $1.1 billion profit on sales of $7.1 billion at the end of the most recent fiscal year. The company ranked No. 410 on the most recent Fortune 500 list.

 

Despite being a hard-charging businessman, his manner was without pretense. "He was low-key, more interested in learning about you than talking about himself," a remembrance posted on MU's Farmer School of Business webpage noted. "He seemed just like a 'regular guy.' "

 

When Farmer joined Acme Uniform and Linen Co. in 1957, the family-owned industrial rag business in Kennedy Heights employed 12 people.

 

Over the next five decades, Farmer demonstrated how his precise focus on a deceptively simple formula for growth transformed the small local company into a national powerhouse.

 

Today, Cintas is now not only the nation’s largest uniform rental company but a business-to-business juggernaut, supplying more than a million customers with floor care, restroom supplies, first aid and safety products, fire extinguishers and testing, and safety and compliance training.

 

“Everyone at Cintas is deeply saddened by the passing of Dick Farmer, our founder and chairman emeritus," the company said in a statement Thursday afternoon. "The story of Dick’s life is very much intertwined with the history of our company. His legacy and the culture of honesty, integrity, and professionalism that he instilled at Cintas continues today and into the future."

 

SAUCE: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2021/08/05/richard-t-farmer-philanthropist-and-cintas-corporation-founder-dead-age-86/1948342001/

Anonymous ID: 493e08 Aug. 5, 2021, 5:03 p.m. No.14279179   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9254 >>9377 >>9461 >>9561 >>9641

Italian man identified as top crime boss arrested in Madrid

 

A fugitive Italian man identified as a leader of what is believed to be one of the world’s wealthiest criminal organizations has been arrested in Madrid, Spanish and Italian police said Thursday.

 

Italy’s Carabinieri identified the man as Domenico Paviglianiti, 60, a leader of the Calabrian-based ’ndrangheta crime syndicate.

 

Paviglianiti was arrested in a joint operation with the Carabinieri, Spain’s National Police said in a statement. Italian prosecutors said the arrest took place Tuesday.

 

Paviglianiti was carrying fake Portuguese identity papers, six cellphones and 6,000 euros ($7,100) in cash when he was arrested, according to the Spanish statement.

 

Police believe Paviglianiti is the head of a ’ndrangheta clan named for him and which operates around the world from its base in three villages in Italy's Calabria region.

 

SAUCE: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/italian-man-identified-top-crime-boss-arrested-madrid-79287053