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The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations is a national trade union center that is the largest federation of unions in the United States. It is made up of 65 national a
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American Federation of Labor
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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 u
AFL-CIO
…in substantial political spending and activism, typically in support of progressive and pro-labor policies. The AFL-CIO was formed in 1955 when the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged after a long estrangement. Union membership in the US peaked in 1979, when the AFL-CIO's affiliated…
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Terence Powderly, Grand Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, whose refusal to negotiate with craft unions led to formation of the AFL
Samuel Gompers in the office of the American Federation of Labor, 1887
Samuel Gompers with John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America