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AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, center, listens as President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with labor leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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In this Feb. 1, 2016, photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

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In this Feb. 1, 2016, photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, center, together with Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., right, and Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., join other Democratic lawmakers and supporters voicing their opposition to NAFTA 2.0 and to President Donald Trump's new trade deal during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during a breakfast with Washington reporters hosted by the Christian Science Monitor in D.C. on Aug. 29. (Matt Orlando/The Christian Science Monitor) ** FILE **

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"We can't be fooled. Trump isn't interested in solving the problems he yells and swears about," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said. "He delivers punch lines, but there's nothing funny about them." (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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In this Feb. 1, 2016, photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

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National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks in Portland, Ore., on May 18, 2015, about the organization's concerns over the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty that President Obama is pushing. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2014 file photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks in Washington. Republicans lawmakers in statehouses nationwide are working to weaken organized labor, sometimes with efforts that directly shrink union membership. Walker's signing of right-to-work legislation in Wisconsin on Monday puts his defiance of organized labor even more at the center of his nascent presidential campaign. And the inability of unions to exact a price for the first round of legislation targeting them in 2011 is encouraging even more proposals to limit their power. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks in Portland, Ore., on May 18, 2015, about the organization's concerns over the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty that President Obama is pushing. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Richard L. Trumka, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, addresses members during the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ** FILE **

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AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka praised the National Labor Relations Board's sweeping new rules approved Wednesday that make it easier for unions to gain members at companies that have long rebuffed them. (Associated Press)

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And then he got Mr. Trumka to support him: “Joe Biden has surrounded himself with people that are worker-friendly, so that in the multitude of decisions that are made every day without the president being involved, they’re going to think about the impact it has on workers … That’s a significant difference and a beneficial one for workers in this country,” said Trumka.

Trumka: The Judas goat of the labor movement →

The AFL-CIO's current president, Richard Trumka, said of Sweeney in a statement: “John was a great leader and true innovator, driving the labor movement forward.

Former AFL-CIO President John Sweeney dies at age 86 →

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