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Richard Trumka and Big Labor try to come home

By Salena Zito

Published June 21, 2019 3:00am ET

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Richard Trumka and Big Labor try to come home — PITTSBURGH — Richard Trumka needed to come home. Walking into the union hall at the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers building along the Monongahela River, the AFL-CIO president shed the twisted expression on his face as he shook hands with his rank-and-file organizers. With the older union hands, there were no handshakes, but instead familiar hugs. Trumka, […]

PITTSBURGH — Richard Trumka needed to come home.

Walking into the union hall at the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers building along the Monongahela River, the AFL-CIO president shed the twisted expression on his face as he shook hands with his rank-and-file organizers. With the older union hands, there were no handshakes, but instead familiar hugs.

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