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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association.
trade union - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; you have to join the union in order to get a job. labor union, trades union, union, brotherhood. organization, organisation - a group of people who work together. industrial union, vertical union - a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft. craft union - a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft.