Mark H. Ayers, president of the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Dept. (BCTD), died suddenly early on April 8 in Washington, D.C., a department spokesman has confirmed. Ayers, who had been in the role since 2007, was 63 years old.
No details were released on the cause or circumstances of his death, but according to an industry group official with ties to the building trades, he suffered a massive heart attack that was fatal.