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Samuel Gompers was the first and longest-serving president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL); it is to him, as much as to anyone else, that the American labor movement owes its structure and characteristic strategies.
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www.aflcio.org/aboutaflcio/history/history/gompers.cfm
www.aflcio.org/aboutaflcio/history/history/gompers.cfm
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Samuel Gompers, for whom Gompers Park on Chicago's Northwest Side was named, was one of the founders of the American Federation of Labor in 1886. He was elected president, a position he held, except for one year, until his death 38 years later.
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www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/gompers.htm
www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/gompers.htm
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The role of Samuel Gompers in the history of the United States of America. ... Samuel Gompers was an early labor leader, first in his own union and later as president of the American Federation of Labor. As its president nearly continuously between 1886 and 1924, Gompers led the labor movement in achieving solid gains...
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Samuel Gompers was the nation’s leading trade unionist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924. “Our movement is of the working people, for the working people, by the working people,” he said.
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www.history.umd.edu/Gompers/
www.history.umd.edu/Gompers/
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Samuel Gompers was born in London, England, on 27th January, 1850. His emigrated to the United States in 1863 and the family settled in New York City. Gompers and his father worked as cigar makers. ... (1) Samuel Gompers, Seventy Years of Life and Labour (1925) ; The first home that I remember was in a three-story brick...
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www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAgompers.htm
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAgompers.htm
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Samuel Gompers; by Emma Goldman; [Published in The Road to Freedom (New York), Vol. 1, March 1925.] ... Samuel Gompers was no fool, he knew the causes underlying the social struggle, yet he set his face sternly against them. He was content to create an aristocracy of labor, a trade union trust, as it were,
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sunsite.berkeley.edu/goldman/Writings/Essays/gompers.html
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The USS Samuel Gompers AD-37 Was a destroyer tender (repair ship) named in honor of AFLCIO labor leader Samuel Gompers. The Gompers had a long and distinguished history.
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www.usssamuelgompers.org/
www.usssamuelgompers.org/
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