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American Federation of Labor

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The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a federation of trade unions in the United States of America. It merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955 to form the AFL–CIO.

History[edit | edit source]

William Green succeeded Samuel Gompers as leader of the AFL in 1924 and rejected revolution in favor of class collaborationism.^[1]

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References[edit | edit source]

↑ William Z. Foster (1952). History of the Communist Party of the United States: 'A.F. of L. Class Collaboration During the Coolidge "Prosperity" (1923-1929)'.

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