<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><i class="">Our condolences go out to President Trumka’s family, friends and everyone at the AFL-CIO…</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/05/afl-cio-trumka-dead-502573" class="">https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/05/afl-cio-trumka-dead-502573</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="media-item__summary size--medium" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 class="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.5rem; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 2.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.05rem; line-height: 1;">AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka dead at 72, sources say</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5rem 0px 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4;" class=""><i class="">Trumka had served as president of the federation for more than a decade and has been a close ally of the Biden White House. </i></div></div><div class="media-item__image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1.875rem;"><div class="media-item__image-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; caret-color: rgb(105, 109, 112); color: rgb(105, 109, 112); font-family: din-2014, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><figure class="art " style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"></figure></div></div></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.125rem;" class="">Richard Trumka, president of the powerful AFL-CIO labor organization, has died unexpectedly, two sources told POLITICO.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.125rem;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><p class=" story-text__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.875rem; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6;">Trumka, 72, had served as president of the federation, which represents more than 12.5 million workers, for more than a decade and has been a close ally of the Biden White House.</p></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Trumka died of what was believed to be a heart attack, a source familiar with the matter said. It was unclear when exactly it occurred though believed to have taken place either Wednesday evening or Thursday morning.</span></div><div class=""><font face="Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif" size="4" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><div class="container__column--story container__column center-horizontally" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-box-direction: normal; flex-direction: column; width: 575px; border: 0px; min-width: 0px; -webkit-box-flex: 1; flex: 1 1 0%;"><div class="story-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 39.375rem; margin: 0px auto;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6;" class="">Staff at the AFL-CIO were informed of the death on Thursday morning.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""></div></div></div><div class="center-vertically container__column--story container__column right-zone hide-under-small" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-box-direction: normal; flex-direction: column; width: 18.75rem; border: 0px; min-width: 0px; -webkit-box-pack: center; justify-content: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-left: 1.875rem;"><div class="story-enhancement is-hidden-offscreen is-right-zone" id="aside-0" data-aside-index="0" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: absolute; left: -999em; top: -999em; width: 18.75rem; caret-color: rgb(105, 109, 112); color: rgb(105, 109, 112); font-family: din-2014, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="ad" aria-label="Advertisement" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-box-flex: 0; flex-grow: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0px auto;"></div></div><aside class="story-enhancement is-hidden-offscreen is-right-zone" id="aside-1" data-aside-index="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1.875rem; position: absolute; left: -999em; top: -999em; width: 18.75rem; caret-color: rgb(105, 109, 112); color: rgb(105, 109, 112); font-family: din-2014, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="collection" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; border: 1px solid rgba(180, 180, 180, 0.35);"><div class="content-heading--bold content-heading" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgba(180, 180, 180, 0.35); margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0.9375rem 1.25rem;"><div class="content-heading__group" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div></div></aside></div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Arthur Stamoulis<br class="">Citizens Trade Campaign<br class="">(202) 494-8826<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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