Union Made

Union Made
Author: Norman H. Finkelstein
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2019-06-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1629796387

Unsung hero Samuel Gompers worked tirelessly to ensure that no American worker would go unheard or overlooked, dedicating his life to fighting for their rights. This comprehensive middle-grade biography provides an in-depth look at Gompers, the founding father of the American Federation of Labor. Born in England, Samuel Gompers grew up watching his father roll cigars, and at 10 years old, started rolling them himself. After immigrating to the United States, Gompers soon discovered his vocation to fight for the American laborer in his personal work experience. His charismatic, outspoken personality soon landed him the role of speaking on behalf of his fellow workers. His participation in various unsuccessful unions and other failed ventures to enact labor changes led to his creation of the American Federation of Labor. Faced with strikes that turned violent, opposition from the government, and lies perpetrated by anti-unionizers, Gompers persevered, and lived to see various measures enacted to ensure safe work environments, workers' compensation, and other basic laborer rights.

The Samuel Gompers Papers

The Samuel Gompers Papers
Author: Samuel Gompers
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 592
Release: 1986
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780252011375

The Samuel Gompers Papers

The Samuel Gompers Papers
Author: Samuel Gompers
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 540
Release: 1986
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780252013508

"This collection belongs on the shelf of anyone teaching American labor history, but it also should prove useful to scholars with related interests." -- Illinois Historical Journal

The Samuel Gompers Papers

The Samuel Gompers Papers
Author: Samuel Gompers
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 632
Release: 1986
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780252017681

"This collection belongs on the shelf of anyone teaching American labor history, but it also should prove useful to scholars with related interests." -- Illinois Historical Journal

The Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol. 5

The Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol. 5
Author: Samuel Gompers
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 644
Release: 1996
Genre: Labor movement
ISBN: 9780252020087

The years 1898-1902 were prosperous for the U.S., marked by economic growth and industrial expansion, a rising material standard of living, and low unemployment. The period was one of unprecedented growth for the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and it found Samuel Gompers continuing to advocate the organization of all workers and focusing his efforts on establishment of local and national trade unions, central labor bodies, and state federations, and on the affiliation of these organizations with the AFL. From reviews of earlier volumes "This collection belongs on the shelf of anyone teaching American labor history, but it also should prove useful to scholars with related interests." -- James Grossman, Illinois Historical Journal "Distinguished and invaluable. . . . Labor historians would be well advised to clear shelf space for it." -- Bruce Laurie, Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Argument of Mr. Samuel Gompers ...

Argument of Mr. Samuel Gompers ...
Author: Samuel Gompers
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-05-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781359485748

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Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business
Author: Paul Buhle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1999-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The book explains why policies and practices at the highest levels of labour came to be counter-productive to workers' interests - a pattern the authors speculate may have been disrupted by the 1995 election of John Sweeney's "New Slate" in the AFL-CIO

The Samuel Gompers Papers: The last years, 1922-24

The Samuel Gompers Papers: The last years, 1922-24
Author: Samuel Gompers
Publisher: Samuel Gompers Papers
Total Pages: 688
Release: 1986
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780252035357

Still working hard in his 70s, Samuel Gompers gave no thought to retiring. He faced a world of challenges in his final years as president of the American Federation of Labor and this volume demonstrates that even in this timultuous time he continued his forward-looking leadership of the labour movement.