AFL is American Federation of Labor. CIO is Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Industrial democracy
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.
Samuel Gompers was a leading proponent of the formation of labor unions.
Known commonly by the acronym AFL, the American Federation of Labor is a major union for workers in the United States. Founded in Ohio in 1886, the AFL is one of the oldest labor unions in the U.S. and merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO.
The CIO organized all workers within an industry.
American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations
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.
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) joined together to form the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) & Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFL is American Federation of Labor. CIO is Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Industrial democracy
American Federation of Labor
American federation of labor
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.