{"id":613240,"date":"2021-08-05T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T20:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=613240"},"modified":"2021-08-05T16:06:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T20:06:18","slug":"afl-cio-boss-richard-trumka-dies-suddenly-at-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afl-cio-boss-richard-trumka-dies-suddenly-at-72\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL-CIO Boss Richard Trumka Dies Suddenly at 72"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafl-cio-boss-richard-trumka-dies-suddenly-at-72%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=613240&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"30.853582554517\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/\">Latest News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Death of longtime Dem ally could spark power struggle<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Richard-Trumka-736x491-1.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Richard-Trumka-scaled-e1628189745577.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Richard-Trumka-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Richard-Trumka-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Richard-Trumka-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Richard-Trumka-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Richard-Trumka-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Richard-Trumka-1400x933.jpeg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tWASHINGTON, DC &#8211; JULY 15: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during a news conference outside the AFL-CIO headquarters on July 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. The organized labor advocates called for the Senate to repeal the filibuster to allow passage of several bills they support, including the For The People Act and The John Lewis Voting Rights Act.  Trumka, the President of the AFL-CIO since 2009, died at the age of 72 on August 5, 2021. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/patrick-hauf\/\" title=\"Posts by Patrick Hauf\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Patrick Hauf<\/a> \u2022 August 5, 2021 4:00 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"102.06717139175\">\n<p>Longtime AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka died suddenly at age 72, leaving a crucial labor position open that could spark a power struggle within one of the Democratic Party\u2019s closest allies.<\/p>\n<p>Trumka had served as the president of the AFL-CIO and its 12 million members for more than a decade. Rumors circulated over the past year that Trumka would retire, which began a political battle over who will lead the influential group. Progressives hope for a more modern, liberal candidate to succeed the veteran labor leader as the group continues to lobby Congress to pass historic pro-union legislation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The labor movement, the AFL-CIO, and the nation lost a legend today,&#8221; the AFL-CIO said in a press release. &#8220;Standing on Rich\u2019s shoulders, we will pour everything we have into building an economy, society, and democracy that lifts up every working family and community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The AFL-CIO donated more than $1 million to Democratic candidates in 2020, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Its affiliated super PAC, For Our Future, spent nearly $100 million to boost liberal candidates from 2016 to 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Party leaders mourned the loss of their stalwart ally. Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison called the news, which was first reported by <em>Politico<\/em>, &#8220;devastating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3705179282869\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is devastating news!  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardTrumka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RichardTrumka<\/a> was one of the greatest advocates of working people in this nation!  He was a friend to all.  <\/p>\n<p>We will miss you my friend! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pOVEGsS8DI\">https:\/\/t.co\/pOVEGsS8DI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@harrisonjaime) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harrisonjaime\/status\/1423316985522360329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Joe Biden called Trumka a &#8220;close personal friend&#8221; on Thursday when he learned of his death. Trumka\u2019s son, Rich Trumka Jr., was appointed by the White House to the Consumer Product Safety Commission in July. Trumka spent his final days advocating for Congress to pass the PRO Act, which requires union dues as a condition of employment, along with other favorable union protections.<\/p>\n<p>Liz Shuler, the AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer, has expressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2019\/12\/12\/afl-cio-politics-union-flight-attendant-sara-nelson-president-trumka-082739\">interest<\/a> in running to succeed Trumka, but may have to run against at least one candidate looking to shift the union in a more progressive direction. Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, announced in 2019 that she is weighing a run to be the new head of the union and its coalition of 56 labor groups. Nelson\u2019s candidacy has drawn attention in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobinmag.com\/2020\/09\/sara-nelson-president-afl-cio-trumka-shuler\">liberal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2019\/12\/12\/afl-cio-politics-union-flight-attendant-sara-nelson-president-trumka-082739\">media<\/a> circles because of her ties with progressive Democrats such as Sens. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.).<\/p>\n<p>Born in Pennsylvania, Trumka rose to power as a labor leader for the United Mine Workers. As he worked his way up to the AFL-CIO, he quickly became a national icon in labor circles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rich Trumka was our brother in the truest sense of the word. His sudden passing is a tremendous loss for the entire labor movement, and for working families across the country,&#8221; Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said in a statement. &#8220;If you have to be in a war, you want to be in the trenches with Richard Trumka.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest News Death of longtime Dem ally could spark power struggle  WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; JULY 15: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during a news conference outside &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}