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About Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gompers was a British-born American cigar maker and labor union leader. 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 wages, which he considered the essential first steps to emancipating labor.
Everything about Samuel Gompers →- Occupation
- trade unionist, functionary, union member
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 27, 1850
- Died
- December 13, 1924