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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
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

Referenced by (20)

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

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union → affiliation → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
Major League Baseball Players Association → affiliation → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFL–CIO
Adolph Strasser → associatedWith → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
Seventy Years of Life and Labor → associatedWith → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
Samuel Gompers → employer → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
William Green → employer → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
Samuel Gompers → founded → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
AFL–CIO → foundedBy → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
Benjamin Gitlow → memberOf → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
George Meany → memberOf → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
John L. Lewis → memberOf → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
William Green → memberOf → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
William Z. Foster → memberOf → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
AFL–CIO → mergerOf → American Federation of Labor ⓘ
Congress of Industrial Organizations → opposedBy → 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 Federation of Labor → predecessor → American Federation of Labor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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