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In this photo provided by climate scientist Rob Jackson, researcher Colin Finnegan injects an ethane tracer to measure kitchen chamber volume in Stanford, Calif., in 2021. According to a study published Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in the journal Environmental Science &amp; Technology, gas stoves are worse for the climate than previously thought because of constant tiny methane leaks even while they’re off. (Rob Jackson via AP) **FILE**

Federal agency weighs banning new gas stoves over health risks

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this April 4, 2017, file photo, AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka speaks at the National Press Club in Washington. The longtime president of the AFL-CIO labor union died on Aug. 5, 2021. News of Richard Trumka’s death was announced by President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Trumka was 72 and had been AFL-CIO president since 2009, after serving as the organization’s secretary-treasurer for 14 years. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Richard Trumka and the labor movement’s nostalgia trap

By Sean Higgins

In this April 4, 2017, file photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka listens at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka dies at 72, was key ally of Biden White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, center, listens as President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with labor leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trumka: The Judas goat of the labor movement

By Jenny Beth Martin

In this Feb. 1, 2016, photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO president, hopes Joe Biden most ‘pro-worker’ president since Lyndon Johnson

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 1, 2016, photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

AFL-CIO chief says Donald Trump ‘made this crisis worse,’ urges slower return to work

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, center, together with Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., right, and Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., join other Democratic lawmakers and supporters voicing their opposition to NAFTA 2.0 and to President Donald Trump's new trade deal during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Richard Trumka vows to reverse Trump gains with union members

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during a breakfast with Washington reporters hosted by the Christian Science Monitor in D.C. on Aug. 29. (Matt Orlando/The Christian Science Monitor) ** FILE **

Richard Trumka: Union members will help oust Trump in 2020

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this April 4, 2017 file photo, AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka listens at the National Press Club in Washington. 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 overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement should include Canada. He also said of Trump: “the things that he's done to hurt workers outpace what he's done to help workers.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

On Labor Day, Trump slams union leader who criticized him

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"We can't be fooled. Trump isn't interested in solving the problems he yells and swears about," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said. "He delivers punch lines, but there's nothing funny about them." (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO head: Working people don’t see optimism that Trump described in SOTU

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 1, 2016, photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Richard Trumka focused on retaking Trump’s Rust Belt states in 2018

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In a Dec. 2, 2016, file photo, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., listens with Jamie Harrison, back, chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, as Ray Buckley, chair of the party in New Hampshire, speaks during a forum on the future of the Democratic Party, in Denver. Ellison said Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, that he'll resign his seat in Congress if he’s picked as chairman by DNC members at the late February elections. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Keith Ellison wins AFL-CIO endorsement

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks in Portland, Ore., on May 18, 2015, about the organization's concerns over the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty that President Obama is pushing. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO boss, calls Donald Trump ‘racist’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2014 file photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks in Washington. Republicans lawmakers in statehouses nationwide are working to weaken organized labor, sometimes with efforts that directly shrink union membership. Walker's signing of right-to-work legislation in Wisconsin on Monday puts his defiance of organized labor even more at the center of his nascent presidential campaign. And the inability of unions to exact a price for the first round of legislation targeting them in 2011 is encouraging even more proposals to limit their power. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Obama glossing over Malaysia’s trafficking record, trade opponents say

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks in Portland, Ore., on May 18, 2015, about the organization's concerns over the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty that President Obama is pushing. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO chief, warns Hillary Clinton on trade deal

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Richard L. Trumka, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, addresses members during the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ** FILE **

AFL-CIO chief: Because of mess in D.C., we’re looking at states

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka praised the National Labor Relations Board's sweeping new rules approved Wednesday that make it easier for unions to gain members at companies that have long rebuffed them. (Associated Press)

AFL-CIO won’t endorse any Democrat with Obama economic team: Richard Trumka

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

**FILE** American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) President Richard Trumka addresses members during the group's quadrennial convention at Los Angeles Convention Center on Sept. 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

Labor boss pushes Obama for ‘bold’ action on immigration

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Richard L. Trumka, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, addresses members during the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ** FILE **

ROZENMAN: Keeping union mitts off college sports

By Eric Rozenman

Illustration on college athletes seeking to unionize by Paul Tong/Tribune Content Agency

Negotiating pay for athletes would raise costs for their less-buff classmates

By Eric Rozenman - The Washington Times