WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor leaders, politicians and civil rights activists are mourning the death of Alexis Herman, the first ...

A social worker, she became a Democratic Party insider and joined President Bill Clinton’s cabinet during his second term.

Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman died on Friday at the age of 77. Herman made history as the first Black person to hold ...

Alexis Herman, the first Blacksecretary of labor, a position in which she helped settle a crippling strike by United Parcel ...

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

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.

Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, a trailblazer for African American women in public service, has died at 77. She was a pioneer in the civil service.

Alexis M. Herman, who served as labor secretary from 1997 to 2001 under former President Bill Clinton, died Friday. She was 77. The 42nd president paid tribute to her on social media, saying that ...

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 ...

Her death prompted an outpouring of tributes from political leaders, including former President Bill Clinton, who lauded her “unfailing optimism and energy.” “Alexis Herman was a skillful ...

The first Black leader of the U.S. Department of Labor, former Secretary Alexis Herman, has died at the age of 77. Former President Bill Clinton nominated Herman to the role, which she held from ...