But thereâs sweet irony in seeing founders of a recruitment startup face similar challenges. Iâve been wrestling with this process myself, spending most of the past 2 months making our first key hires for RecruitLoop in San Francisco.
Library of Congress. Uriah Stephens (1821-82) founded the Knights of Labor, the first national industrial union in the United States, in Philadelphia in December 1869 and led the organization until he resigned his post as Grand Master Workman in 1879.
American Federation of Labor (AF of L), formed in 1886 by Samuel Gompers (leader of cigarmakers union). Philosophy: Demands only practical, immediate, benefits of capitalist system (i.e., higher wages, shorter hours, better working conditions.) Fully accepts capitalist system.