American Federation of Labor (dec 8, 1886 – dec 4, 1955)
Description:
|ORIGINS:| Founded by Samuel Gompers as an association of 25 craft unions | GOALS:| economic | increase wages + improve working conditions | STRATEGY:| gompers directed unions of skilled workers to walk out until employer agreed to negotiate a new contract via bargaining |EFFECTIVENESS:| started becoming majorly effective early 1900sAdded to timeline:
Date:
dec 8, 1886
dec 4, 1955
~ 69 years