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American Federation of Labor (AFL) — formation to World War I (1886–1918)

American Federation of Labor (AFL) — formation to World War I (1886–1918)

  1. Craft unions reorganize into the AFL

    Labels: American Federation, Samuel Gompers, Columbus Ohio

  2. AFL promotes “pure and simple” unionism

    Labels: American Federation, Collective bargaining

  3. AFL declines to back Homestead boycott

    Labels: Homestead Strike, Carnegie Steel

  5. Gompers regains AFL presidency

    Labels: Samuel Gompers, American Federation

  7. Roosevelt mediates the 1902 anthracite strike

    Labels: 1902 Anthracite, Theodore Roosevelt

  8. IWW forms in opposition to AFL craft unionism

    Labels: Industrial Workers, Chicago

  9. Court injunctions target AFL boycott tactics

    Labels: Buck's Stove, Samuel Gompers

  10. Supreme Court rules in Gompers contempt case

    Labels: Gompers contempt, U S

  11. Clayton Act promises labor some antitrust protection

    Labels: Clayton Act, U S

  12. Adamson Act establishes an eight-hour day for rail workers

    Labels: Adamson Act, Railroad workers

  13. U.S. war mobilization brings AFL into federal planning

    Labels: Council of, Samuel Gompers

  15. World War I ends amid postwar labor uncertainty

    Labels: World War, American Federation