Longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Has Died, Sen. Chuck Schumer Says

WASHINGTON (AP/KDKA) — Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO labor union, has died, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Schumer, an ally of the union boss, announced Trumka’s death from the Senate floor Thursday.
“The working people of America have lost a fierce warrior at a time when we needed him most,” Schumer said.
President Joe Biden called Trumka “a close friend” who was “more than the head of AFL-CIO.” He apolo