The AFL-CIO elected Liz Shuler as its president, making her the first woman to hold the labor organization’s top spot.
Ms. Shuler acknowledged that the group of 57 unions and 12.5 million members has a lot of work to reinvigorate the national labor movement.
“This is more than a comeback story,” Ms. Shuler said in a statement. “This is a new story, yet to be told.”
Delegates at AFL-CIO’s convention selected Ms. Shuler to lead in a four-year term this weekend, formally appointing her as the replacement for the late Richard Trumka, who died last year.