Columns
Jan 10, 2016
For The Daily Beast: Requiem for a Union Boss in His America

In Mike Barnicle’s latest column for The Daily Beast, he writes about the beloved Boston firefighter and union leader Mike Mullane, who died recently at age 68. Mullane was the longest serving member of the International Association of Fire Fighters.

“For more than a decade now, unions in America have been under a more sustained assault than our government sometimes seems to have waged against ISIS,” writes Barnicle in reference to Mullane’s legacy as an unyielding champion for firefighters and their families amid the uncertain future of labor unions in today’s America.

You can read the entire column here.

Requiem for a Union Boss in His America

https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/10/requiem-for-a-union-boss-in-his-america.html