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The Washington Post reports: AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, one of the country’s most powerful labor leaders and an influential voice in many Washington debates, has died at 72, according to a source at the union federation. Trumka, a third-generation coal miner who rose to power through the United Mine Workers, had become one of the most powerful labor leaders in …

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump is starting his Labor Day with an attack on a top union leader.  Trump tweeted Monday that AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka “represented his union poorly on television this weekend.” He added, “It is easy to see why unions are doing so poorly. A Dem!” Trumka appeared on “Fox News Sunday,” where he said efforts to …