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-In the 1880s, which labor federation became the largest in the United States?

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In 1881, Samuel Gompers founded the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, which changed its name to the American Federation of Labor in 1886, at the time that it was becoming the largest labor federation in the country. Under Gompers, the AFL operated like a business unto itself. Initially, they only admitted skilled, white male laborers.

Labor -In the 1880s, Which Labor Federation Became the Largest in in the United