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Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Announces 2022 Primary Endorsements

19 Apr, 2022

For Immediate Release

Contact: Sarah Hammond at shammond@paaflcio.org

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Announces Primary Endorsements for the 2022 Cycle

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the future of America's labor movement

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Liz Shuler is the first woman ever elected president of the AFL-CIO.

She took over a time when the world of work has been turned upside down.

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