5.36 Samuel Gompers and AFL
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What type of conditions did the employees need in the Gilded Age?
*wages (pay) *age restrictions *safe working conditions *hours *grievances (right to be heard)
What was the name of the labor union that Samuel Gompers created?
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
What is collective bargaining?
It is when employers and employees debate fair terms in the work place.
Who was Samuel Gompers?
a labor union leader who worked to improve conditions in the factories.
Negotiations in the work place are between:
the employer (boss) and employees (workers)
