Seventy years of life and labor: an autobiography
Gompers, Samuel
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Autobiography of Samuel Gompers, describing his role in the historical development of the AFL labour movement and trade union attitudes in the USA - discusses working conditions of working class immigrants, the role of strikes in resolving early labour disputes, the growth of trade unionism, acceptance of labour standards, socialism, respect for woman workers, etc.; includes brief biographies of other trade union officers of the period. Bibliography, photographs.
ILR Press, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
1984
236 pages