U.S. labor leader Trumka has died, Schumer says

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, 72, has died, Senate Majority Chuck Schumer announced Thursday on the Senate floor. "We have just lost a giant," said Schumer, a New York Democrat, in a brief speech.

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