News Alert: Richard Trumka, head of powerful AFL-CIO union, has died

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the head of the most powerful labor organization in the country and a close ally of the Biden White House, has died.
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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the head of the most powerful labor organization in the country and a close ally of the Biden White House, has died. He was 72.

His death was confirmed by President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday. The cause of death was not immediately announced.