AFL-CIO Mulls Call for Labor Secretary’s Head Over Teen Sex Deal

The leaders of the country’s largest labor unions will convene today to discuss whether the AFL-CIO should call for embattled Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign, sources tell Bloomberg Law.

The AFL-CIO in an executive council meeting will poll union leaders on Acosta, who’s facing swirling public criticism over his role in a decade-old plea deal for accused teen sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. A federal judge ruled Feb. 21 that Acosta, then the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and other prosecutors violated federal law by failing to keep Epstein’s alleged victims informed of the agreement.

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