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.
Knights of Labor. The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor (1869-1949) Originally, the name and object (shown here) of the Knights of Labor were considered secretive. Introduction: The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor were the most prominent labor organization of the 1880âs. Specifically, the organization grew between the end of the Depression and the beginning of the Great Upheaval (roughly 1879-1886) under the tenure of Grand Master Workman Terence V. Powderly.