 Shuler said she intends to spend much of her term reaching out to workers under the age of 35 and using new media to reach out to workers, their families, and union supporters.She also said she would work with the AFL-CIO's affiliates to balance the federation's budget, which was running a deficit and whose liabilities exceeded its assets by $2.3 million in 2008.Trumka appointed Shuler head of the AFL-CIO's youth outreach efforts.