This is the grave of Peter J. Maguire. Born in 1852 in New York, Peter Maguire grew up very poor, in an Irish Catholic family that had immigrated to the U.S. like so many during the potato famine and the general terrible economic conditions of...
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On December 17, 1894, the American Federation of Labor annual convention begins in Denver. During the convention, AFL founding leader Samuel Gompers lost his reelection bid to John McBride due.
This is the grave of Adolph Strasser. Born in 1843 or 1844 in what is today Hungary, Strasser emigrated to the United States in 1871 or 1872. He settled in.
Time for the next installment in the internet's least important historical series. This is the grave of Samuel Gompers. Gompers, an English immigrant from a Jewish background, immigrated to the United States in 1863. He became involved in...
On November 30, 1932, the American Federation of Labor endorsed federal unemployment insurance. This was a remarkable shift for the AFL, which had long opposed any sort of government programs.