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Today in labor history: The American Federation of Labor is founded

by: Special to PeoplesWorld.org
on December 8 2015

tags: Organizing, unity, collective bargaining, capitalism, electoral work, CIO

The original constituent craft unions of the AFL were disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association.

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