Disambiguation evidence for AFL via surface form

"American Federation of Labor"


As subject (48)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "American Federation of Labor".

Predicate Object
activePeriod early 20th century
activePeriod late 19th century
activePeriod mid-20th century
affiliatedOrganization American Federation of Teachers
affiliatedOrganization Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
affiliatedOrganization International Association of Machinists
affiliatedOrganization United Mine Workers of America
alsoKnownAs AFL
conflictWith Congress of Industrial Organizations
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1955
event expulsion of industrial unions that formed the CIO
focus collective bargaining
focus hours
focus wages
focus working conditions
foundedBy Samuel Gompers
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
ideology business unionism
ideology craft unionism
inception 1886
influenced Fair Labor Standards Act
surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
influenced National Labor Relations Act
surface form: National Labor Relations Act of 1935
instanceOf interest group
instanceOf labor union federation
instanceOf trade union center
keyPerson John L. Lewis
keyPerson Samuel Gompers
keyPerson William Green
leaderTitle president
membershipEra early 20th century
membershipPeak over 4 million members
mergedInto AFL–CIO
notablePresident Samuel Gompers
notablePresident William Green
opposedTo industrial unionism (initially)
opposedTo socialist political parties
politicalPosition moderate
precededBy American Federation of Labor
surface form: Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions
primaryConstituency skilled workers
publication American Federationist
roleIn New Deal labor policy
roleIn Progressive Era labor reforms
supported closed shop agreements
supported use of strikes
supportedPolicy immigration restriction (early 20th century)
supportedPolicy protective labor legislation
unionType federation of national and international unions