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Jan 27, 1850 London Died on 13 Dec 1924 (aged 74)
American labor leader (AFL)
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About Samuel Gompers
- Samuel Gompers (January 27, 1850 – December 13, 1924) was a Jewish immigrant 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 from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924.
- He promoted harmony among the different craft unions that comprised the AFL, trying to minimize jurisdictional battles.
- He promoted through organization and collective bargaining, to secure shorter hours and higher wages, the first essential steps, he believed, to emancipating labor.
- He also encouraged the AFL to take political action to "elect their friends" and "defeat their enemies".
- He mostly supported Democrats, but sometimes Republicans.
- He strongly opposed Socialists.
- During World War I, Gompers and the AFL openly supported the war effort, attempting to avert strikes and boost morale while raising wage rates and expanding membership.
