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24th February 2022

Top AFL-CIO Official Joins Greenpeace USA

[ad_1] The AFL-CIO’s third-level official announced that he is leaving to join Greenpeace USA, citing the growing importance of ties between labor and environmental organizers on climate change. Official Tefere Gebre, vice-president of the labor federation, will become chief program officer of the environmental group on Tuesday. He will oversee all campaigns, communications, direct actions …

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20th August 2021

Liz Shuler Named President of AFL-CIO

[ad_1] The AFL-CIO has elected Liz Shuler, who has been acting president since Richard Trumka’s death this month, to lead the federation until next June elections. Ms. Shuler had served as the treasurer’s secretary, second-level officer of the AFL-CIO, since 2009. NS Decision to elect Ms. Shuler president He arrived at the AFL-CIO executive council …

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8th August 2021

After Trumka’s Death, AFL-CIO Faces a Crossroads

[ad_1] Richard Trumka’s 12 years as head of the AFL-CIO have coincided with the continued decline of organized labor, but also with moments of opportunity, such as the election of a pro-labor US president. With the death of Mr. Trumka last week, the federation is faced with a fundamental question: What is the purpose of …

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5th August 2021

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka dies at 72

[ad_1] Richard Trumka, president of the country’s leading labor federation, the AFL-CIO, who has been an influential voice in Democratic politics for the past 12 years, died Thursday. He was 72 years old. The Federation confirmed the death. The cause was a heart attack, according to an AFL-CIO official who did not say where Mr. …

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