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American Federation of Labor (AFL): The AFL was a national federation of labor unions in the United States founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886. It focused on achieving concrete economic gains, such as higher wages and shorter work hours.
run by Samuel Gompers, a federations of north american labor unions that merged with the congress of industrial organizations (wanted better wages and conditions)
American Federation of Labor one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States; it was founded in Columbia, Ohio, in May, 1886, by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor
- How Did The American Federation of Labor (AFL) Get started?
- Who Was Samuel Gompers?
- Who Could Be in The American Federation of Labor?
In order to understand the history of the AFL, we need to go back to another event: the Haymarket Square Riot. On May 4, 1886, a group of socialists and anarchists met at Haymarket Square in Chicago; they were protesting police violence that occurred the day before at a strike at the McCormick factory. There’s still some ambiguity as to who started...
Gompers immigrated to the United States from London in the midst of the Civil War with his family. By age 27, he was running the family cigar-making business. In 1886, a few months after the Haymarket Riot, Gompers met with other trade organization leaders to create the American Federation of Labor. Gompers’ leadership was not without its own contr...
As historian Michael K. Honey made clear in his book Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights, the AFL admitted a wide range of individuals when they were just starting out (including women and people of color). However, they grew more exclusive, barring African Americans and effectively becoming an organization for white men. Historian Philip Rubio a...
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was the dominant labor federation in the United States for the first half of the 20th century, but its influence and relevance faced increasing challenges as the labor movement evolved.
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American Federation of Labor labor union established to achieve better wages and conditions for workers; wanted a recognized place within the system and a greater share of rewards for labor; wanted to limit the crafts and protect worker prerogatives; assumed most workers would remain in union throughout their lives; practical, economic goals
