Who organized the American Federation of Labor?

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aielliot
Feb 20, 2018

Samuel Gompers

Explanation:

The AFL developed as a group unhappy with the Knights of Labor in 1886. Samuel Gompers organize the AFL and was President for most of time until 1924. The AFL was a group of skilled crafts Unions that general worked for better wages and working conditions for their member Unions rather than political gains.
The Knights of Labor imploded soon after the AFL was organized and its membership dropped.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Federation_of_Labor

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