A union leader betrayed.(AFL-CIO at odds with vision of labor pioneer Samuel Gompers) From: Policy Review | Date: January 1, 1997| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1997 Heritage Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The AFL-CIO spent almost $40 million before the Nov 1996 election supporting candidates who want to increase the power of government. This political activity is at odds with the nonpartisan philosophy of revered labor leader Samuel Gompers, who, except for a one-year hiatus, headed the American Federation of Labor from its 1886 founding until his death in 1924. Gompers believed that government regulation of industrial relations was probably harmful to organized labor. He felt workers should be responsible for themselves. Gompers rejected government welfare programs as impractical and ...

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