American Federation of Labor
Americannoun
noun
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In December 1886, Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor, organizing only skilled workers and focusing on “pure and simple” unionism that rejected state intervention.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
It then had a brief tenure as clubhouse for the Safeway Employees’ Assn. before it became the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor Teamsters Joint Council 42.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2024
The show is built around the real history of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, founded in 1925, which was the first all-Black union chartered by the American Federation of Labor.
From New York Times • May 2, 2022
Describe the various attempts at labor organization in this era, from the Molly Maguires to the Knights of Labor and American Federation of Labor.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
E. M. Nockels, fraternal delegate from the American Federation of Labor, addressed the convention and read a letter from its president, Samuel Gompers, expressing the hope of universal suffrage for women.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Harper, Ida Husted
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