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The American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States that continues today as the AFL-CIO.It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1886 by an alliance of craft unions eager to provide mutual support and disappointed in the Knights of Labor.
The AFL-CIO was a major component of the New Deal Coalition that dominated politics into the mid-1960s. [10] Although it has lost membership, finances, and political clout since 1970, it remains a major player on the liberal side of national politics, with a great deal of activity in lobbying, grassroots organizing, coordinating with other liberal organizations, fund-raising, and recruiting ...
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The AF of L. from the Death of Gompers to the Merger (Harper, 1959) online; Vittoz, Stanley. New Deal Labor Policy and the American Industrial Economy (1987) White, Ahmed. The last great strike: Little Steel, the CIO, and the struggle for labor rights in New Deal America (U of California Press, 2016) online; Zieger, Robert H. The CIO, 1935 ...
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Shuler was raised in the town of Gladstone, Oregon, and attended public school in the city. [3] She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1992. [3] [5] While in college, she worked summers at PGE [3] [5] and was active in the state Democratic Party. [5] Shuler first became active in union work after college.
The plane clipped power lines and then crashed "mostly in the alleyway," Griffis said at a news conference. The Cessna Citation business jet crashed around 7:40 a.m. local time, the Federal ...
Matthew Woll (center). Matthew Woll (January 25, 1880 – June 1, 1956) was president of the International Photo-Engravers Union of North America from 1906 to 1929, an American Federation of Labor (AFL) vice president from 1919 to 1955 and an AFL-CIO vice president from 1955 to 1956.