What I care about is whether or not a leader will work with America's working people, whether or not a leader cares about responsibility and honest work and whether or not a leader will fight to keep the American Dream alive.

He went to work in the mines in 1968. [dead link] He further served as the U. C.

Trumka was named one of Esquire Magazine's 2011 Americans of the Year. He was elected President of the AFL-CIO on September 16 2009 at the labor federation's convention in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.