Claim: Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions was founded on December 5, 1881 and was dissolved on October 8, 1886 with its head union Samuel Gompers,.
Evidence: The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada (FOTLU) was a federation of labor unions created on November 15, 1881, at Turner Hall in Pittsburgh. 
November 15, 1881 
December 8, 1886