Photos: Richard Trumka through the years (1949-2021)
A look back at the life of the longtime AFL-CIO president, in photos.
Presidential candidate Walter Mondale, left, smiles while greeted by United Mine Workers President Richard Trumka after the delegates at the UMW convention in Pittsburgh cheered their endorsement of Mondale, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 1983, Pittsburgh, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith B. Srakocic)
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka greet each other with a hug during an organized-labor rally attended by more than 10,000 people at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, April 17, 1996. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka, left, confers with AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, during a news briefing about the impact of labor union members on the presidential election, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka, is seen during an orientation meeting with summer interns, Monday, June 1, 2009, in Washington. Trumka is the favorite to become the next president of the nation's largest union federation later this summer _ its first new leader in 14 years _ at a time of great promise for a labor movement that has spent decades on its heels. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Incoming AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka applauds as President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama acknowledges AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka, right,as he addresses the AFL-CIO, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama is introduced by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka before he spoke about jobs and the economy during an address before the AFL-CIO Executive Council in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President of the AFL-CIO Richard Trumka leaves the West Wing after President Barack Obama met with the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) at the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
National AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka speaks during a rally to get out the vote for President Obama in downtown Pittsburgh Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, right, talks with U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, prior to their testifying before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on fast track authority. Major labor unions and business groups clashed Tuesday over President Barack Obama's bid for "fast track" authority to advance trade deals being negotiated with numerous nations. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO, speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka poses for a photograph in his office in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s crackdown on collective bargaining could serve as a model for President Donald Trump’s plans to overhaul the federal workforce. But any such move by the new president would risk a fight with already wary labor leaders. Trumka shrugged off the idea of Trump making a Walker-style assault on the federal civil service _ because, he said, even the Republican-controlled Congress won’t allow it.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka listens at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2013 file photo, Richard Trumka, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations president, addresses members during the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, left, and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, attend a news conference on American labor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Trump said on Twitter that the driver in Tuesday's attack "came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty" — a reference to the Senate's Democratic leader. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President, speaks before the first of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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)
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks at a news conference Thursday, March 27, 2014, in Philadelphia. Americans United for Change has a scheduled 11 state bus tour advocating for an increase in the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)