One of the oldest, strongest, and largest labor organizations in the U.S., the American Federation of Labor (AFL) had 4 million members in over 20,000 union loc

Scholarship on American labor politics has been dominated by the view that the American Federation of Labor, the dominant labor organization, rejected political

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Unsung hero Samuel Gompers worked tirelessly to ensure that no American worker would go unheard or overlooked, dedicating his life to fighting for their rights.