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Samuel Gompers, English-born American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (born 1850)
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Samuel Gompers
American labor union leader (1850–1924)
Samuel Gompers was a British-born American cigar maker and labor union leader. A key figure in American labor history, Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924. He…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
American Federation of Labor
Labor organization from 1886 to 1955
The American Federation of Labor was a national federation of labor unions in the United States that continues today as the AFL-CIO. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1886 by an alliance of craft unions eager to provide mutual support and disappointed in the Knights of Labor.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)