One of the nation's most powerful and influential leaders in the labor movement died yesterday. President Biden called union leader Richard Trumka a very close friend. The labor federation AFL-CIO ...

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. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the ...

WASHINGTON — Richard Trumka, the head of one of the nation’s largest labor unions who advocated for worker rights, died on Thursday, a senior AFL-CIO official confirmed to NBC News. Trumka, 72, has ...

Add AFL-CIO President RIchard Trumka to the list of people noticing that President Obama has not lived up to his prior rhetoric. In a speech Tuesday morning, he said the president had backslid on the ...

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Thursday reiterated his opposition to cutting Detroit city workers’ pensions despite the fact that the city was forced into bankruptcy. Trumka didn’t dispute the ...

WASHINGTON – The head of the country’s largest federation of labor unions offered qualified praise Wednesday for President Donald Trump’s trade policies but questioned the administration’s approach to ...

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka said Thursday that President Trump’s manufacturing council that was disbanded Wednesday was “a joke.” “First of all, the council was sort of a joke. It was — it never ...

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Friday that workers want an “independent” labor movement designed to help the working class, not a specific party or candidate. In a speech at the National Press ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on the Senate floor Thursday that longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has died. Schumer was an ally of the 72-year-old man who ...