FILE – In this April 4, 2017 file photo, AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka listens at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

By Brian Slodysko | The Associated Press

PUBLISHED: August 5, 2021 at 2:58 p.m. | UPDATED: August 5, 2021 at 2:58 p.m.

Richard Trumka, longtime president of AFL-CIO, dies at 72

As AFL-CIO president, he ushered in a more aggressive style of leadership and vowed to revive unions’ sagging membership rolls