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Former AFL-CIO Leader Sweeney Dies at 86


John Sweeney was credited with transforming the nation’s largest labor federation into a political powerhouse.
Feb 3rd, 2021
In this Sept. 15, 2009, file photo, outgoing AFL-CIO President John Sweeney speaks at the AFL-CIO convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Sweeney, who spent 14 years steering the AFL-CIO through a time of declining union membership and rising internal dissent, died on Feb. 1, 2021. He was 86.
AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File
WASHINGTON (AP) John Sweeney, who spent 14 years steering the AFL-CIO through a time of declining union membership and rising internal dissent, has died. He was 86.
He died on Monday at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, AFL-CIO communications deputy director Carolyn Bobb said. The cause of his death wasn t immediately disclosed. ....

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