A social worker, she became a Democratic Party insider and joined President Bill Clinton’s cabinet during his second term.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor leaders, politicians and civil rights activists are mourning the death of Alexis Herman, the first ...

Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman died on Friday at the age of 77. Herman made history as the first Black person to hold ...

Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights ...

Herman was only three months into running the Labor Department when 185,000 unionized UPS workers went on strike in early August 1997, hobbling package deliveries nationwide.

Women of Power Honoree Alexis Herman, who was also a pioneer as the first Black U.S. Labor Secretary, dies at 76.

Alexis Herman, the first Blacksecretary of labor, a position in which she helped settle a crippling strike by United Parcel ...

Alexis Herman, who as a child in Alabama watched ... which Ms. Herman led from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. No other details were given. Ms. Herman’s ascent in Washington began ...

Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman died on Friday at the age of 77. Herman made history as the first Black person to hold the role after former President Bill Clinton nominated her to the post ...

Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, a trailblazer for African American women in public service, has died at 77. She was a pioneer in the civil service.