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Bookmark or Share- Samuel Gompers - AFL-CIOSamuel Gompers stood for white workers of his time, often pitting them against black and Chinese workers. Under his leadership, the AFL actually reversed its position on race, disallowing black members, despite explicitly pledging to welcome them at its founding.
- Samuel Gompers - WikipediaSamuel Gompers (né Gumpertz; January 27, 1850 – December 11, 1924) [1] [2] 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.
- Samuel Gompers Biography: Labor Union Hero - ThoughtCoSamuel Gompers (January 27, 1850 – December 13, 1924) was a key American labor union leader who founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and served as its president for nearly four decades, from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924.
- Samuel Gompers | Biography & American Federation of Labor - BritannicaBiography of Samuel Gompers, U.S. labor leader and first president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), who shifted the primary goal of American unionism from social issues to the ‘bread and butter’ issues of wages, benefits, and hours, which could be negotiated through collective bargaining.
- Samuel Gompers Biography - life, family, history, school, old ...The American labor leader Samuel Gompers was the most significant person in the history of the American labor movement (the effort of working people to improve their lives by forming organizations called unions). He founded and served as the first president of the American Federation of Labor.
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