WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on the Senate floor Thursday that longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has died. Schumer was an ally of the 72-year-old man who ...

President Trump on Labor Day slammed Richard Trumka, president of the country’s largest federation of labor unions, for calling into question how American union workers have fared under his ...

WASHINGTON — Richard Trumka, the head of one of the nation’s largest labor unions who advocated for worker rights, died on Thursday, a senior AFL-CIO official confirmed to NBC News. Trumka, 72, has ...

The AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka, a man not known for his grasp of nuance, just released the following statement to commemorate 9/11: Wealthy CEOs, anti-government extremist front groups and frothing talk ...

The AFL-CIO is planning to file labor complaints against Mexico this month under the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement's labor enforcement mechanism, the U.S. union's president said on Thursday.

PITTSBURGH — Richard Trumka, who rose from the coal mines of Pennsylvania to the top ranks of the nation’s labor movement, took the helm of the AFL-CIO on Wednesday, ushering in a more aggressive ...

Their perspectives are different—one representing business, the other labor unions. But Thomas Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, ...