[DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers - Wikipedia [PAR] Samuel Gompers (January 27, 1850  December 13, 1924) was an English-born, 
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Gompers joined numerous organizations in the bustling immigrant world of ... But 
from the start nothing was so important to him as the small Cigar-makers' Local 
Union No. ... At the age of 16 he regularly represented his fellow workers in 
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Gompers family was close to the hardships caused by the coming of the machine 
age. .... This organization later became the Cigarmakers International Union of 
America. [DOC] [TLE] Who Rules America: The Rise and Fall of Labor Unions in the U.S. [PAR] However, the new labor leaders did speak out against increasingly frequent ... 
two in number -- had occurred in New York City in 1850 when police shot into the 
... the use of employee benefits, such as accident insurance and old-age 
pensions, ... unions and their strike weapon, and more workers began to join: "In 
its wake,... [DOC] [TLE] Copy of The Rise of Organized Labor by Brett Bickel on Prezi [PAR] Aug 10, 2014 ... Born in 1850 in London to a poor Jewish family ... club where he practiced public 
speaking and met future American Federation of Labor member Peter J. McGuire. 
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Within a few years Gompers had joined a small group of skilled workers from 
different ... intense discussions of the current standing and future prospects of 
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nary ability and future. [DOC] [TLE] American Unionism and U.S. Immigration Policy | Center for ... [PAR] Labor leaders intuitively sensed that fluctuations in union membership were 
inversely ... Should this happen, the implications for the future of organized labor 
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1850s, ... of working age were being conscripted to join the military forces of the 
North. [DOC] [TLE] OOLAC - #American_labor_leaders [PAR] Samuel Gompers was born on January 27, 1850, in London, into a Jewish family 
... In 1864, at the age of 14, Gompers joined and became involved in the activities 
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Question: Born in 1850, this future labor leader joined the cigarmakers' union at the age of 14
Answer: (Samuel) Gompers