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September 17, 2009

Ex-Coal Miner Takes Helm at AFL-CIO
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A former coal miner has become the new president of AFL-CIO, the largest
labor federation in the United States. Richard Trumka is the AFL-CIO’s
first new president in fourteen years.



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