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Ted Kennedy honored for labor efforts
ESSDRAS M. SUAREZ/GLOBE STAFF
Ted Kennedy in 2008.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/03/12/ted-kennedy-inducted-into-department-labor-hall-honor/B4PDFeJcbS6ddMIiAWFEyH/story.html
By Sylvan LaneGLOBE CORRESPONDENT MARCH 12, 2015
WASHINGTON — The late Senator Edward Kennedy was inducted Thursday afternoon into the Department of Labor’s Hall of Honor to celebrate his career spent fighting for a higher minimum wage, workplace safety, and employee protections.
More than 200 visitors from Massachusetts, government employees, and labor leaders — many of whom once worked for Kennedy — packed into a ceremony at the Department of Labor.
Speakers included Secretary of Labor Tom Perez, former Labor secretaries William Brock, Alexis Herman, and Elaine Chao, and Kennedy’s sons, Edward Jr., a Connecticut state senator, and Patrick, a former US representative from Rhode Island.
Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Richard Durbin of Illinois, and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota along with former representative John Tierney of Massachusetts also attended.
FULL story at link.
