The first African American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman died at the age of 77 on ...

Labor leaders, politicians and civil rights activists are mourning the death of Alexis Herman, the first Black U.S. Secretary of Labor and a fierce advocate for workplace equality.

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Tributes are rolling in to honor the life of former U.S. Labor Secretary and Mobile native Alexis Herman. The political trailblazer passed away on Friday, she was 77. WKRG ...

Herman was only three months into running the Labor Department when 185,000 unionized UPS workers went on strike in early August 1997, hobbling package deliveries nationwide.

Ms. Herman’s ascent in Washington began as head of the Labor Department women’s bureau in the Carter administration in the ...

Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights ...