It was only after the advent of the American Federation of Labor, set up by Samuel Gompers in 1886 and acting as a national federation of unions for skilled workers, that the labor movement became ...

But jobs and demographics continued to change. The Knights then were replaced by the American Federation of Labor, or AFL, which was founded by Samuel Gompers in 1886 and represented only skilled ...

Four years later, in May of 1886, the Haymarket Riot protesting ... Some say co-founder of the American Federation of Labor ...

It was only after the advent of the American Federation of Labor, set up by Samuel Gompers in 1886 and acting as a national federation of unions for skilled workers, that the labor movement became ...