The type of workers that were members of the American Federation of Labor were those from the craft unions, with each limited to the skilled workers in a single trade. The union later concentrated on the political protection for the union rather than looking for social change through the legislative action.
Only skilled workers.
Organized workers helped the cause of all workers
American Labor of Federation... or AF of L
The CIO organized all workers within an industry.
Samuel Gompers was the chairman of the Federation of Trades and Labour Unions at its foundation in 1881. The Federation became the American Federation of Labor five years later, and Gompers was duly elected its president.
Organized workers helped the cause of all workers
organized workers helped the cause of all workers
American Federation or Labor or AFL
only skilled workers
Organized workers helped the cause of all workers
Organized workers helped the cause of all workers
a shorter workday for workers
Only skilled workers.
Organized workers helped the cause of all workers
Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, and Industrial Workers of the World.
Congress of Industrial Organizations is a new Deal-era labor organization which broke away from American Federation of Labor so as to organize the unskilled industrial workers regardless of their particular economic sector or craft.
American Labor of Federation... or AF of L