Labor History in 2:00

January 27 - Samuel Gompers and the Rise of Craft Unionism


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Today in labor history, January 27, 1850, renowned labor leader Samuel Gompers was born to a Jewish family in London, England. His family immigrated to the United States in 1863, where Gompers learned the cigar-making trade from his father. 

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