06/13/2022 10:00 AM EDT
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SHULER ELECTED TO LEAD AFL-CIO: Liz Shuler on Sunday was formally elected to a full, four-year term as AFL-CIO president during its convention in Philadelphia.
Shuler has helmed the organization for close to a year following the unexpected death last August of Richard Trumka, who had held the post for more than a decade prior to his passing. (Trumka’s specter has hovered over the conference, which was postponed from October 2021 due largely to ongoing safety concerns related to the pandemic and at times has doubled as a belated mourning and admiration event for the luminary figure.)
Barring major scandal, leaders are typically most vulnerable early in their tenure before they have had time to cement themselves or implement their vision. But Shuler, the secretary-treasurer under Trumka, managed to avoid any real threat to her path to a full term — making her the first woman and first IBEW member ever elected to the top spot at the AFL-CIO.
During her remarks Shuler touted the people who helped her rise up through union officialdom and noted her stylistic and personal differences from the past.
“I traveled a different path to reach this point, as many women in this movement do,” she said.
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