Commercial Telegraphers Union of America
The Commercial Telegraphers Union of America (CTUA) was a United States labor union formed to promote the interests of commercial telegraph operators.
Logo, Commercial Telegraphers Union of America. Source: Commercial Telegraphers Journal, June 1910, cover.
Sylvester J. Konenkamp, President, Commercial Telegraphers Union of America, 1908-1919. Source: Commercial Telegraphers Journal, June 1910, 164.
Mary J. Macaulay(1865-1944), International Vice President, Commercial Telegraphers Union of America, 1919-1921. Source: Commercial Telegraphers Journal, February 1910, 41.
American Federation of Labor
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. Samuel Gompers was elected the full-time president at its founding convention and was re-elected every year except one until his death in 1924. He became the major spokesperson for the union movement.
American Federation of Labor
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
