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social science subjects > business and management > business ethics > organizations (business ethics) > American Federation of Labor
... > social science subjects > sociology > social change > activism and social justice > labor/socialism/communism/social class > American Federation of Labor
... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > social change > activism and social justice > labor/socialism/communism/social class > American Federation of Labor

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American Federation of Labor  

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  • The American Federation of Labor (AFL), a confederation of labor unions, was established in the United States in 1886. Developed as a craft-based “labor aristocracy” limited to skilled workers, it became the nation's leading labor federation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West; American Federation of Labor]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-F2LRR3BT-V

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