Hillman Foundation Honors Reporter on Penn State Scandal
Sara Ganim, a 24-year-old crime reporter with the Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pa., won the December Sidney award for her series of investigations exposing the Penn State sex abuse scandal.
The monthly award by the Sidney Hillman Foundation recognizes an outstanding piece of socially conscious journalism. The foundation’s programs honor the legacy and vision of Hillman, a union pioneer who was the founding president of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union of America and New Deal architect.
Shuler: Unions Must Change to Reach Young Workers
Unlike the young people on the TV show “The Real World” who live in a $5 million mansion and spend their time mired in reality TV drama, today’s young workers are living more like the folks on “Survivor,” AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler said.
Delivering the Philip Murray Memorial Labor Lecture yesterday at Pennsylvania State University, Shuler said the reality is that young workers are hurting and the best way to get off that “Survivor” island is a union card.
No matter what your age, Shuler said, everyone agrees that ”our shared priority must be leading the fight for good jobs in America and rebuilding our economy so it works for people who work for a living—and that includes most of us.”
