Richard Trumka, Head of Powerful AFL-CIO Union, Dies at Age 72

Richard Trumka, Head of Powerful AFL-CIO Union, Dies at Age 72
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, speaks at the National Press Club on Jan. 11, 2010. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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Richard Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO union—one of the largest and most powerful—died at age 72, according to the union.

His cause of death was not disclosed.

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