AFL-CIO Leadership Slate Announcement

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka announced his candidacy to replace John Sweeney—who is retiring as president of the labor federation—at a rally in Washington, D.C. on July 9.

Trumkas team includes Arlene Holt Baker, the federations current executive vice president and Liz Shuler, executive assistant to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers International President Edwin D. Hill, who is campaigning for secretary-treasurer

Pledging to recruit millions of young workers into the labor movement, Trumka, in his firebrand style, said, Im running because I know, just like you, that even though it wasnt organized labor that created the God-awful mess our countrys in, we are the people who can lead America out of it!

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