Dad Died at Pennsylvania Steel Company

by Kara Kukovich—Pennsylvania

I was canvassing in Bethlehem when I came across a woman sittin on her porch. When I told her who I was, she got excited and eager to sign on. She said she always signs anything in support of the AFL-CIO because her (deceased) father was such a big supporter and member of the union. She began telling me the story of how her dad worked at a local steel company and was killed in August of 1984 when the roofing rafters fell through - something the union had been trying to get fixed because of the imposing danger. Her family got paid $200-400 for her dad’s death.