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Samuel Gompers
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The Founders Behind the AFL: Who Truly Created the American Federation of Labor?
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) didn’t emerge overnight—it was the product of decades of labor unrest, failed experiments, and the relentless vision of...
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The Founders Behind the AFL: Who Created the American Federation of Labor?
The AFL’s origins lie in the wreckage of the Knights of Labor, a once-mighty labor federation that imploded in the late 1880s after the Haymarket Affair and...
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The Founders Behind the AFL: Who Really Created the American Federation of Labor?
The question of who founded the American Federation of Labor is often simplified to Gompers, but the truth is more collaborative—and contentious. The AFL’s...
