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...ican labor union]] leader in the early 20th century. Gompers founded the [[American Federation of Labor]] (AFL) and held the position as president of the organization for all but ...s a coalition of like-minded unions. In 1886 it was reorganized into the [[American Federation of Labor]], with Gompers as its president. He would remain president of the organiza

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* Greene, Julie. ''Pure and Simple Politics: The American Federation of Labor and Political Activism, 1881-1917'' (1998) [http://www.questia.com/read/107 * Kersten, Andrew. ''Labor's Home Front: The American Federation of Labor during World War II'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Labors-Home-Front-Ameri

...dent of the CIO in 1952, and negotiated a merger with George Meany and the American Federation of Labor immediately after, which took effect in 1955. In 1949 he led the CIO delega

...anizations]] {CIO) into a political and economic powerhouse to rival the [[American Federation of Labor]] (AFL), yet was widely hated as he called nationwide coal strikes damaging Lewis obtained from the [[American Federation of Labor]], at its annual convention in 1934, an endorsement of the principle of ind

...43. Strong support for exclusion came from labor unions, especially the [[American Federation of Labor]] headed by [[Samuel Gompers]].

The UAW was founded in May 1935 in Detroit under the auspices of the [[American Federation of Labor]] (AFL) after years of agitation within the AFL for organizing unions withi

Labor unions such as the [[American Federation of Labor]] strongly opposed the presence of Chinese labor, by reason of both economi ...Knights of Labor]] had success in the late 1880s but then collapsed. The [[American Federation of Labor]] (AFL), a coalition of trades unions, became dominant in the 1890s, under

At first there was serious concern about the CCC from the [[American Federation of Labor]] which feared it would be a job training program. With so many union cons

...ed in the late 1880s in the wake of the [[Haymarket Riot]]), then by the [[American Federation of Labor]] (AFL), founded in 1886 by [[Samuel Gompers]] as a national federation of The [[American Federation of Labor]] (AFL), founded in 1886 by [[Samuel Gompers]] was a national federation of

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...r vote divided three ways, [[Congress of Industrial Organizations|CIO]], [[American Federation of Labor|AFL]] and non-unionized workers. ...|CIO]] was younger, more radical and poorer than the better- established [[American Federation of Labor|AFL]], and its membership voted from 3 to 9 points more Democratic than the

...eir success, the CIO grew rapidly, although it was never larger than the [[American Federation of Labor]]. Following the Second World War, the CIO battled with the AFL for variou ...ong debated the merits of organizing workers by trade or by industry. The American Federation of Labor (AFL) had been organized along [[trade unionism|trade lines]], recognizing

...he AFL-CIO. The CIO was more aggressive, militant and left-wing than the [[American Federation of Labor]] (AFL); its leaders were often younger and it had a strong left-wing compo ...n in 1938. The CIO rejoined the AFL, forming the new entity known as the "American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations" (AFL-CIO), in 1955.

...rotest against the police commissioner's refusal to permit them to join an American Federation of Labor union. Immediately there were riots and disorder. After some urging Governo

...mployers and the national government; much less is known about the rival [[American Federation of Labor|AFL]] during the war.<ref>Lichtenstein, ''Labor's War at Home: The CIO in W

...merican assistance, blighted the project. By contrast to the CIO the rival American Federation of Labor's ([[AFL]]) used a more direct strategy of combating communism at the level

...o. For I was Warren G. Haskins. Norris A. Grambo was Irving Brown, of the American Federation of Labor. The $15,000 was from the vaults of the CIA, and the piece of yellow paper ...and formerly the Free Trade Union Institute (FTUI), which represents the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

...lerate radical unions like the [[Industrial Workers of the World]]. The [[American Federation of Labor]] and other 'moderate' unions saw enormous growth in membership and wages d