American Federation of Labor

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labor union federation national trade union federation trade union center

The American Federation of Labor was a major U.S. national federation of labor unions, founded in 1886, that focused on organizing skilled workers and advocating for practical economic gains through collective bargaining.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
American Federation of Labor canonical	23
Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions	2
AFL–CIO	1
American Federation of Labor members	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	labor union federation ⓘ national trade union federation ⓘ trade union center ⓘ
alternativeName	AFL ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolutionCause	merger with Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ
dissolved	1955 ⓘ
focus	skilled workers ⓘ
founded	1886 ⓘ
foundedBy	Adolph Strasser ⓘ Samuel Gompers ⓘ
foundingLocation	Columbus, Ohio ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalEra	Gilded Age ⓘ New Deal ⓘ surface form: New Deal era Progressive Era ⓘ
ideology	business unionism ⓘ craft unionism ⓘ
influenced	National Labor Relations Act ⓘ U.S. labor law ⓘ
keyPerson	George Meany ⓘ Samuel Gompers ⓘ William Green ⓘ
leaderTitle	president ⓘ
membershipPeak	over 4 million members ⓘ
membershipType	affiliated national and international unions ⓘ
mergedInto	AFL–CIO ⓘ
mergedWith	AFL–CIO ⓘ surface form: Congress of Industrial Organizations
notableAffiliatedUnion	American Federation of Teachers ⓘ International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union ⓘ United Mine Workers of America ⓘ
notablePresident	George Meany ⓘ Samuel Gompers ⓘ William Green ⓘ
opposedTo	industrial unionism (in its early years) ⓘ socialist political parties ⓘ
organizedEvent	national labor conventions ⓘ
politicalPosition	anti-radical ⓘ reformist ⓘ
predecessor	American Federation of Labor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions
publication	American Federationist ⓘ
purpose	collective bargaining ⓘ improvement of wages ⓘ improvement of working conditions ⓘ reduction of working hours ⓘ
supported	closed shop policies ⓘ collective bargaining agreements ⓘ use of strikes as economic weapon ⓘ
supportedPolicy	National Labor Relations Act ⓘ surface form: New Deal labor legislation

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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Input

Subject: American Federation of Labor
Description of subject: The American Federation of Labor was a major U.S. national federation of labor unions, founded in 1886, that focused on organizing skilled workers and advocating for practical economic gains through collective bargaining.

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samuel Gompers → employer → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

Samuel Gompers → founded → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

Major League Baseball Players Association → affiliation → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL–CIO

American Federation of Labor → predecessor → American Federation of Labor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions

Seventy Years of Life and Labor → associatedWith → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

Taft–Hartley Act → opposedBy → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

AFL → precededBy → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

subject surface form: American Federation of Labor

this entity surface form: Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions

American Federationist → publishedBy → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

American Federationist → targetAudience → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Federation of Labor members

AFL–CIO → foundedBy → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

AFL–CIO → mergerOf → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

William Green → employer → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

William Green → memberOf → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union → affiliation → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

George Meany → memberOf → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

William Z. Foster → memberOf → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

John L. Lewis → memberOf → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

Congress of Industrial Organizations → opposedBy → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

Adolph Strasser → associatedWith → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

Benjamin Gitlow → memberOf → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters → recognizedBy → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters → affiliation → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

Teamsters → affiliationHistory → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

Knights of Labor → replaced by → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor → partOf → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor → appliesToOrganization → American Federation of Labor ⓘ

American labor movement → hasOrganization → American Federation of Labor ⓘ