unionleaders

6 photos tagged unionleaders, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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1910

1915

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B-59 said:
"Samuel Gompers (January 27, 1850 – December 13, 1924) was an English-born, American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gompers see also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/6830335873/
Anne (LOC P&P) said:
B-59: Thanks. We will add your additional information on Gompers to both descriptions next time we update.

Infrogmation of New Orleans said:
Labor leader Samuel Gompers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gompers
swanq said:
See

This is at City Hall during hearings of the Walsh Commission on Industrial Relations.
Art Siegel said:
One of at least 20 pictures from the January, 1915 hearings of The Commission on Industrial Relations (Walsh Commission) www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/tags/walshcommi...
Rachel said:
Had I been there, I would have been waiting breathlessly for him to wiggle in that chair a little and made that back leg fall off the stand.

swanq said:
From www.history.umd.edu/Gompers/bio.htm "Samuel Gompers was president of the American Federation of Labor for almost forty years, between 1886 and 1924, and the nation's leading trade unionist and labor spokesman. " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gompers
Art Siegel said:
Testified 1/22/15 at New York's City Hall before the Walsh Commission. His testimony: www.archive.org/stream/industrialrelati08unitrich#page/76...