dec 8, 1886 - American Federation of Labor
The Beginning of Labor Unions
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This was a national federation of labor unions in the United States founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor union. Their purpose was to organize skilled workers into national unions consisting of others in the same trade
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