Definitions for American Federation of Labor
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1. American Federation of Labor, AFLnoun

   a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955

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1. american federation of labor

   The American Federation of Labor (AFL) is a nationwide federation of labor unions in the United States, founded in Columbus, Ohio in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association. It is primarily designed to promote the rights and interests of workers and to ensure better working conditions, wages, and benefits through collective bargaining with employers. The AFL is now part of the combined organization AFL-CIO, after it merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.

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1. American Federation of Labor

   The American Federation of Labor was one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio in May 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association. Samuel Gompers of the Cigar Makers' International Union was elected president of the Federation at its founding convention and was reelected every year except one until his death in 1924. The AFL was the largest union grouping in the United States for the first half of the 20th century, even after the creation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations by unions that were expelled by the AFL in 1935 over its opposition to industrial unionism. While the Federation was founded and dominated by craft unions throughout the first fifty years of its existence, many of its craft union affiliates turned to organizing on an industrial union basis to meet the challenge from the CIO in the 1940s. In 1955, the AFL merged with its longtime rival, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, to form the AFL-CIO, a federation which remains in place to this day. Together with its offspring, the AFL has comprised the longest lasting and most influential labor federation in the United States.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of American Federation of Labor in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of American Federation of Labor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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