USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Samuel Gompers (1850 –1924) founded the American Federation of Labor and served as its president for nearly forty years, between 1886 and 1924, and the nation’s leading trade unionist and labor spokesman.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gompers is noted for having shifted the primary goal of American unionism away from social issues and toward the “bread and butter” issues of wages, benefits, hours, and working conditions, all of which could be negotiated through collective bargaining.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gompers served as the AFL’s first president. He remained the organization’s president, other than for one year, until his death in 1924. Under Gompers’s leadership, the AFL became the largest labor union organization in the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) was the first president of the American Federation of Labor, the first enduring national labor union. He served as president from 1886 until his death in 1924, except for a single year, 1895.