[DOC] [TLE] American Federation of Labor - Wikipedia [PAR] The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States. ... Samuel Gompers of the Cigar Makers' International Union was elected president of the Federation at its founding convention and was reelected every year except one until his death in 1924. [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers - Wikipedia [PAR] Samuel Gompers (January 27, 1850  December 13, 1924) was an English-born, 
American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers 
founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served as ... Gompers later 
recounted his days as a cigar maker at the bench in detail, emphasizing the... [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers (1850 - 1924) - AFL-CIO [PAR] It grew from a marginal association of 50,000 in 1886 to an established 
organization ... In 1864, he joined Local 15 of the United Cigar Makers; two years 
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AFL). ... in 1863 from England to New York City, where he took up his father's 
trade. ... the cigar makers and other craft unions from the Knights of Labor to form 
the AFL, ... which established the eight-hour workday for interstate railroad 
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. ... as Gompers began to work, first making shoes and then in his father's cigar-
making trade. ... eleven members, and Gompers again went to work as a cigar 
maker. ... of unions that, in 1886, became the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
. [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor [PAR] This was the American Federation of Labor. ... He became the leader of the cigar-
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They are just as great enemies of trade unions as any employer can be." ... In 
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... of the Knights of Labor, the Cigar Makers' International Union, and the 
Federation of ... activities that would eventually lead to the founding of the AFL in 
1886. ..... He held conservative political views and believed that trade unionists 
should... [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] He founded and was the first president of the American Federation of Labor. ... he 
built the Cigar-makers' International Union into a viable trade association ... to set 
up in 1881 a loose federation of trade unions which, in 1886, became the AFL. [DOC] [TLE] Document (14) - American Labor Studies Center [PAR] He used this experience to help f0und the American Federation of Labor (AFL) ... 
Gompers was a member of the Knights of Labor when he was a cigar maker. ... 
Although Gompers mainly represented skilled workers in the AFL, he still 
remained in ... Gompers was confident that the trade union movement is founded 
upon a... [DOC] [TLE] Samuel-Gompers - The Gallery of Heroes [PAR] Sep 9, 2016 ... He greatly impacted United States labor history as a labor union leader ... 2.1 
Early Career; 2.2 Cigarmakers' International Union; 2.3 The American Federation 
of Labor ... Samuel Gompers exposure to the tough life of a cigar maker at an ... 
challenging his ideas and encouraging him to support trade unions... [DOC] [TLE] The Labor Union Movement in America - AFGE 1504 [PAR] The American Federation of Labor was founded by Samuel Gompers in 1886. ... 
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Question: A cigarmaker by trade, he founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Answer: Samuel Gompers