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Rosemary Trump

Labor Union Organizer and Executive

Smithfield, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County

"The fact the Public Employees could organiza a union, and people could their own destiny was such a new concept, the workers were disbelieving."

Rosemary Trump, born in Smithfield, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, has dedicated most of her life to the labor movement. Rosemary Trump was hired as one of the first women organizers for the Service Employees International UNION in 1967. One of her primary responsibilities was to help organize PSSU. She served on the executive board of the Service Employees International Union and held the presidency of Local 585 in Blawnox, Pennsylvania for 27 years. Local 585 was primarily made up of service personnel in school districts, county governments, cities, townships, and boroughs.

Rosemary Trump was the first secretary-treasurer of the Pennsylvania State Council, the first female International Vice President of SEIU, the vice president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO in 1995, and the recording secretary of the Western Pennsylvania Area Food Beverage Trades Council. She was named Woman of the Year in Labor, Vectors, 1987.

In addition to these accomplishments, Rosemary Trump was part of the

~ American Civil Liberties Union

~ Coalition of Labor Union Women

~ National Organization for Women

~ Committee to Prepare Allegheny County for 21st Century Commission

Rosemary Trump was a charter member of the Steel Industry Heritage Corporation. SIHC is a non-profit organization which is a federally designated National Heritage Area in southwestern Pennsylvania oriented around the interpretation and promotion of the region's steel-making heritage.

Rosemary also served as a charter member of the Pennsylvania Labor History Society.

Rosemary Trump was politically active in Westmoreland County, and was a delegate to every Democratic National Convention from 1984 to 2004.

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