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    The American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States that continues today as the AFL–CIO. It was...
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  • The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a national trade union center that is the largest federation of unions...
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    Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday of September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and...
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    expression, labor laws, and other working conditions. Organized unions and their umbrella labor federations such as the AFL–CIO and citywide federations have...
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    The Knights of Labor (K of L), officially the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, was an American labor federation that was active in the late...
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    from the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) in 2005. Both advocate policies and legislation on behalf of workers...
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    The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is the second largest teacher's labor union in America (the largest being the National Education Association)...
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    The American Federation of Labor Building is a seven-story brick and limestone building located along Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C. Completed...
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    founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party of America who had established themselves as the Social Democratic Federation (SDF). The...
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    Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) is an umbrella organization for unions in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is a subordinate body of the AFL–CIO, and as of 2011...
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    Samuel Gompers (category Presidents of the American Federation of Labor)
    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...
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    commonly known as North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU), is a trade department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations...
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  • The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM/AFofM) is a 501(c)(5) labor union representing professional instrumental musicians...
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    its name to the American Federation of Labor (AFL) on December 8, 1886. During the Long Depression of 1873-1878, the Knights of Labor emerged as a potent...
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    The National Labor Federation (NATLFED) is a network of community associations, called "entities", that claim to organize workers who are excluded from...
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    demonstration" in support of working-class demands for the eight-hour day. The 1 May date was chosen by the American Federation of Labor to commemorate a general...
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  • Pan-American Federation of Labor (Spanish: Confederación Obrera Panamericana) was an international trade union organization, promoted by the American Federation...
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  • Labor federation competition in the United States is a history of the labor movement, considering U.S. labor organizations and federations that have been...
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  • Among the larger national centers in the world are the American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations and the Strategic Organizing Center...
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  • Labor aristocracy or labour aristocracy (also aristocracy of labor) has at least four meanings: (1) as a term with Marxist theoretical underpinnings; (2)...
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  • the Knights of Labor and the AFL (American Federation of Labor). It was led by William H. Sylvis and Andrew Cameron. The National Labor Union (NLU) followed...
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  • The Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists, and Technicians (FAECT) was a labor union in the United States, which existed between 1933 and 1946...
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    as one of the early leaders of the union. Soon after its formation, WSEA was granted an American Federation of Labor charter as Federal Labor Union 18213...
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  • The Texas State Federation of Labor (TSFL) was the Texas affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). It was formed in 1900 and disbanded in July...
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    The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is an American labor union representing over 750,000 employees of the federal government, about...
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  • itemized cost breakdown. In 1911, American union leaders including Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor expressed opposition to lump sums...
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  • The Baltimore Federation of Labor (BFL), an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor, was formed in 1883, in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1919, the Baltimore...
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    The American Negro Labor Congress was established in 1925 by the Communist Party as a vehicle for advancing the rights of African Americans, propagandizing...
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  • The Twin-Territories Federation of Labor was a labor union in the U.S. territories of Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory between 1903 and 1906. In...
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  • federation of labor unions in the United States American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO), the largest federation of...
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