Liz Shuler named AFL-CIO president, succeeding Richard Trumka

Liz Shuler named AFL-CIO president, succeeding Richard Trumka



The AFL-CIO, the largest U.S. labor organization, on Friday elected Liz Shuler, a longtime trade unionist, to serve as the federation’s first woman president, succeeding Richard Trumka, who died unexpectedly earlier this month.