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The American Federation of Labor (AFL, founded 1886) which joined with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO, founded in 1935) in 1955 is considered one of the first labor union federations and the AFL-CIO remains the largest federation of unions in the United States, representing over 11 million workers.

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