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American Federation of Labor: Samuel Gompers, Jerry Horan, John L. Lewis, Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, Nelson Cruikshank

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Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Samuel Gompers, Jerry Horan, John L. Lewis, Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, Nelson Cruikshank, Dave Beck, David Sullivan, James Duncan, 1892 New Orleans general strike, William Quesse, International Seamen's Union, William McFetridge, Dennis E. Batt, Irving Brown, George Meany, John Brown Lennon, National Civic Federation, Amalgamated Meat Cutters, Homer D. Call, The White Rats, Gompers v. Buck's Stove and Range Co., John McBride, American Federation of Labor Building, William Green, James P. Holland, William J. Spencer, Workers' Education Bureau of America, James Kirby, Labor Forward, American Federation of Actors. Excerpt: The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association. Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) was elected president of the Federation at its founding convention and was reelected every year except one until his death. As the Knights of Labor faded away, the AFL coalition gradually gained strength. In practice, AFL unions were important in industrial cities, where they formed a central labor office to coordinate the actions of different AFL unions. Most strikes were assertions of jurisdiction, so that the plumbers, for example, used strikes to ensure that all major construction projects in the city used union plumbers. To win they needed the support of other unions, hence the need for AFL solidarity. Gompers promoted harmony among the different craft unions that comprised the AFL. Focused on higher wages and job security, the AFL fought against socialism and the Socialist party. After 1907 it formed alliances with the Democratic party at the local, state and national levels. The AFL enthusiastically supported the war...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Federation of Labor: Samuel Gompers, Jerry Horan, John L. Lewis, Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, Nelson Cruikshank. To get started finding American Federation of Labor: Samuel Gompers, Jerry Horan, John L. Lewis, Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, Nelson Cruikshank, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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American Federation of Labor: Samuel Gompers, Jerry Horan, John L. Lewis, Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, Nelson Cruikshank

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Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Samuel Gompers, Jerry Horan, John L. Lewis, Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, Nelson Cruikshank, Dave Beck, David Sullivan, James Duncan, 1892 New Orleans general strike, William Quesse, International Seamen's Union, William McFetridge, Dennis E. Batt, Irving Brown, George Meany, John Brown Lennon, National Civic Federation, Amalgamated Meat Cutters, Homer D. Call, The White Rats, Gompers v. Buck's Stove and Range Co., John McBride, American Federation of Labor Building, William Green, James P. Holland, William J. Spencer, Workers' Education Bureau of America, James Kirby, Labor Forward, American Federation of Actors. Excerpt: The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association. Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) was elected president of the Federation at its founding convention and was reelected every year except one until his death. As the Knights of Labor faded away, the AFL coalition gradually gained strength. In practice, AFL unions were important in industrial cities, where they formed a central labor office to coordinate the actions of different AFL unions. Most strikes were assertions of jurisdiction, so that the plumbers, for example, used strikes to ensure that all major construction projects in the city used union plumbers. To win they needed the support of other unions, hence the need for AFL solidarity. Gompers promoted harmony among the different craft unions that comprised the AFL. Focused on higher wages and job security, the AFL fought against socialism and the Socialist party. After 1907 it formed alliances with the Democratic party at the local, state and national levels. The AFL enthusiastically supported the war...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Federation of Labor: Samuel Gompers, Jerry Horan, John L. Lewis, Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, Nelson Cruikshank. To get started finding American Federation of Labor: Samuel Gompers, Jerry Horan, John L. Lewis, Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, Nelson Cruikshank, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
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Publisher
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Release
2011
ISBN
115542249X

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