the american federation of labor started on december 8, 1886.
the american federation of labor started on december 8, 1886.
when did the american federation of labor start?
december 8 , 1886
convinced that no accommodation with the leadership of the knights of labor was possible, the heads of the five labor organizations which issued the call for the april 1886 conference issued a new call for a convention to be held december 8, 1886 in columbus, ohio in order to construct "an american federation of alliance of all national and international trade unions." forty-two delegates representing 13 national unions and various other local labor organizations responded to the call, agreeing to form themselves into an american federation of labor.
american federation of labor
bullet::::- "samuel gompers on the kansas court of industrial relations law: "laws to make strikes unlawful will not prevent them."" washington, d.c.: american federation of labor, 1920.









































bullet::::- "letters to a bishop: correspondence between samuel gompers, president of the american federation of labor, and bishop william a. quayle, of the methodist episcopal church". washington, d.c.: american federation of labor, 1920.









































bullet::::- "the union shop and its antithesis". washington, d.c.: american federation of labor, 1920.









































bullet::::- "the truth about soviet russia and bolshevism". washington, d.c.: american federation of labor, n.d. [1920].
samuel gompers