The Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol. 7: The American Federation of Labor under Siege, 1906-9

The Samuel Gompers Papers #7

by Samuel Gompers, Stuart J Kaufman, Peter J. Albert

Looking around him in 1906, Samuel Gompers saw a labor movement beset by opponents who, he said, "represent neither conscience nor humanity, but rather greed and avarice". This installment in the multivolume documentary history of the nation's premier labor leader spotlights a pivotal period in the AFL's development.

624 pages, Hardcover

First published May 25, 1999

About the author

Samuel Gompers was an English-born American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924.