American Federation of Labor
nonprofit
3 mentions
3 recordings
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 9 Sep
↑2 vs the 6 months before
Early 20th‑century labor organization mentioned in a pamphlet
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentLindsay GrahamHistory Daily · The Boston Police Strike · 7:14 · 9 Sep
…After a heated discussion and then a vote, the members of the Relief Association agree to form an official union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.…
Alison DirkThroughline · The origins of the Socialist Party of America · 5:35 · 5 May
…The largest, the American Federation of Labor, was run by famed union leader Samuel Gompers, and he was picky about who he let in.…
ChuckStuff You Should Know · Chinese Food: Best Food? · 11:45 · Apr 2025
…And then there was a pamphlet from American Federation of Labor President Samuel Gompers in 1902 titled Some Reasons for Chinese Exclusion, colon, meat versus rice, American manhood versus Asiatic coolieism. And apparently coolie is a pejorative term for a low wage worker.…
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