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Unions In America During The 19th Century

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During the 19th century America was faced with many problems. These problem ranged from children labor to unemployment. Some workers decided to form a group called "union", a group to call their own. Companies’ owners were paying workers less them they deserved. Being treated unfairly they came together creating three unions, one was the American Federation of Labor (AFL, OR AF of L). The American Federation of Labor created in 1886, led by Samuel Gompers. He made the unions respectable for all. The unions of the American Federation placed a great importance on the agreements with employees, which would spell out for a stipulated period the wages, hours of work, and the procedures for handling grievances. Gompers proposed that agreements
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