Alexis Herman, a native of Mobile, served as the labor secretary in President Bill Clinton’s administration in 1997 until 2001.

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.

Mobile native and former United States Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman has died. She was 77. Herman was the first African American to serve as the U.S. Labor Secretary. She ...

MOBILE, Ala. ( WALA) - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman has died at the age of 77. The Mobile native was the ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has unveiled his plan to streamline a department that he says has become too bloated over the ...