Samuel Gompers
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title:
Samuel Gompers
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Samuel Gompers was a British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924. He promoted harmony among the different craft unions that comprised the AFL, trying to minimize jurisdictional battles. He promoted thorough organization and collective bargaining in order to secure shorter hours and higher w
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American labor union leader (1850–1924)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gompers
date created:
2003-09-25T21:47:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T02:26:17Z
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