Samuel Gompers[1] (January 27, 1850[2] - December 13, 1924) was an American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served as the AFL's powerful president from 1886 until his death in 1924. He promoted harmony among the different craft unions that comprised the AFL, minimizing jurisdictional battles. He favored unions comprised of skilled workers and advised against "industrial unions" that included unskilled workers. Calling for union recognition and collective bargaining to secure control of the workplace. shorter hours and higher wages, he opposed most government intervention but backed socialism after he was released from jail. The radical wing of the labor movement opposed Gompers at every turn, but seldom prevailed. After 1907, he encouraged the AFL to take political action, usually in alliance with Democrats, to "elect their friends" and "defeat their enemies." A strong supporter of the government during World War I, he achieved rapid growth in membership, rising wage rates, and extensive overtime while minimizing strikes. Gompers was the best-known national spokesman for labor unions and the working class generally. He served on many commissions and made his national headquarters a publicity machine that generated many interviews, speeches and pamphlets to spread the message of prosperity through cooperation between business and labor.
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burn the ships!
· Zook, Samuel (Union General in the Civil War)
because of age
congested, arid, humid or wet
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in Table Talk, July 12, 1827: "I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in their best order."
Samuel Frost has written: 'The confession and dying words of Samuel Frost' -- subject(s): Executions and executioners, Murder, Crime
"So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who had asked of him a king." Says that he was saying what was told to him by God.
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...Famous Last Words... was created in 1981-11.
Samuel Adams was a brewer and he got people angered at the Brits for the taxes. John Hannock was the guy who has the huge signature on the Declartion of Independence. Patrick Henry was most famous for his speech and his immortal last words 'Give me Liberty or give me death'. This is a summary as you can tell.
shmu'el (שמועל) contains the following two words: shama (שמע) "to hear" el (אל) God
Famous First Words - song - was created in 1998-05.
· Zook, Samuel (Union General)
im afraid they arent
Famous Last Words of a Fool was created on 1988-01-11.
Famous Last Words - 1990 was released on: USA: 1990