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American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served as the organization's president
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The Knights of Labor (K of L), officially Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations.
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It honors the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of the country.
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the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, officially ending the institution of slavery, is ratified. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
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Was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration
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The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States
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Was an industrial lockout and strike which began on, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents
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The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States
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It established the National Labor Relations Board and addressed relations between unions and employers in the private sector.
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The autoworkers were striking to win recognition of the United Auto Workers (UAW) as the only bargaining agent for GM’s workers; they also wanted to make the company stop sending work to non-union plants and to establish a fair minimum wage scale, a grievance system and a set of procedures that would help protect assembly-line workers from injury.
