Liz Shuler
Liz Shuler | |
|---|---|
| 6th President of the AFL-CIO | |
| Assumed office August 5, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Trumka |
| 6th Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO | |
| In office September 16, 2009 – August 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Trumka |
| Succeeded by | Fred Redmond |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elizabeth H. Shuler 1970 (age 55–56) Gladstone, Oregon, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Oregon (BA) |
Elizabeth "Liz" H. Shuler (born 1970) is an American labor activist and president of the AFL–CIO. She is the first woman to be elected president of the federation. She previously served as the federation's secretary-treasurer; she was the first woman and, as of 2009, the youngest person to hold that position. She is the highest-ranking woman in the labor federation's history. The period from her election until the retirement of Arlene Holt Baker in 2013 marked the first time that women held two of the three officer positions in the AFL–CIO.