Who were the Knights of Labor?

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They were a Labor Organization akin to the Modern A.F.L but were founded earlier. the Knights of Labor were organized by a man named Terence Powderly the odd name is why I remember them. they were pretty much out of existence by the time of the Gay Nineties ( l890"s) and the rise of A.F.L. unions. = largely headed up by Samuel Gompers. The CIO did not exist prior to l934 and was the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Most, not all CIO-based unions have the word United in the title: United mine workers, for example, United Auto Workers, United Federation of Teachers, for example, the word United tended to indicate a CIO as opposed to AFL union. The two Labor organizations merged around I seem to recall (from history books in school) about l947 and some unions are noted- AFL-CIO. but there were and are formal divisions between the two organizations, as described above. the Knights of Labor is long-since extinct- since about maybe l892, superseded by the AF of L.

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They also promoted the social and cultural uplift of the workingman, rejected socialism and radicalism. They also wanted an eight hour day of working. It took place in the 1800's