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2. Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - Wikipedia

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   Samuel Gompers, Chair, Executive Committee. The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada ( FOTLU) was a federation of labor unions created on November 15, 1881, at Turner Hall in Pittsburgh. [1] It changed its name to the American Federation of Labor (AFL) on December 8, 1886.

3. Trades and Labor Congress of Canada - Wikipedia

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   The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada was a Canada-wide central federation of trade unions from 1886 to 1956. It was founded at the initiative of the Toronto Trades and Labour Council and the Knights of Labor. It was the third attempt at a national labour federation to be formed in Canada: it succeeded the Canadian Labour Union which existed ...

4. Atomic Trades and Labor Council - Wikipedia

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   The Atomic Trades and Labor Council (ATLC) is a labor union umbrella organization, affiliated with the Metal Trades Department of the AFL–CIO, that serves as the bargaining unit representing about 2,100 workers employed by U.S. Department of Energy contractors at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak ...

5. Labor history of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions began in 1881 under the leadership of Samuel Gompers. Like the National Labor Union, it was a federation of different unions and did not directly enroll workers. Its original goals were to encourage the formation of trade unions and to obtain legislation, such as prohibition of child labor, a ...

6. American Federation of Labor - Wikipedia

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   The American Federation of Labor ( A.F. of L.) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States that continues today as the AFL–CIO. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1886 by an alliance of craft unions eager to provide mutual support and disappointed in the Knights of Labor. Samuel Gompers was elected the full-time president ...

7. Trade union - Wikipedia

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   A trade union ( British English) or labor union ( American English ), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, [1] such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint ...

8. Timeline of labour issues and events - Wikipedia

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   The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, forerunner of the American Federation of Labor, passed a resolution stating that "8 hours shall constitute a legal day's work from and after May 1, 1886." 1884 (United States) Federal Bureau of Labor established in the U.S. Department of the Interior. 1884 (United States)

9. Antigua Trades and Labour Union - Wikipedia

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   Antigua and Barbuda. Members. 7000. Key people. Bernard de Nully, president (since 26 September 2023) The Antigua Trades and Labour Union (ATLU) is the national trade union of Antigua and Barbuda. It was formed in 1939 and is closely related to the Antigua Labour Party. It has a membership of 7,000 and is led by Wigley George as president.