Samuel Gompers


Also found in: Thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to Samuel Gompers: Eugene v debs
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Samuel Gompers - United States labor leader (born in England) who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1924 (1850-1924)Samuel Gompers - United States labor leader (born in England) who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1924 (1850-1924)
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
"Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation."A 6A Samuel Gompers
Thus, a moderate American labor leader, Samuel Gompers, was given the task of drafting the ILO Constitution.
Naval Attache and Naval Attache, Taipei, Taiwan; Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California; USS Nereus (AS 17); Naval Ordnance Supply Office, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania; Navy Ships Parts Control Center, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania; Supply Officer, USS Samuel Gompers (AD 37); Staff, Commander Service Force, U.S.
The latter has favored protectionism ever since the days of Samuel Gompers, which may be why Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders seem to side with President Trump on this issue.
Emma Lazarus, Jacob Riis, Samuel Gompers, Fiorello LaGuardia, Oscar de la Renta, and more personify the enormous changes in the city while Anbinder carefully attends to the way work, politics, and culture in the City transformed along with its population.
Taft, who Scalia held in high regard, always greeted his opponents, like labor leader Samuel Gompers, with a broad smile and warm handshake.
- Samuel Gompers,founder of the AmericanFederation of Labor, 1893.
By 1894 when Coxey and his army set out, various political currents from churches to moderate reformers like Samuel Gompers were all raising the issue of unemployment and calling into question the government's laissez-faire policies in various ways.
So Saddler, an electronics student at Samuel Gompers Vocational High School, set about transforming the humble turntable into an instrument.
In the United States, the story differs, both due to its late entry into the war but also the opposition of the majority of the Left to Wilson's claims that war would "make the world safe for democracy." While some, such as American Federation of Labor President Samuel Gompers, would support military preparedness and US participation in the war, the majority of socialists, union activists, and labour radicals opposed US interventions, first in the Mexican Revolution and later in "the European War." After World War I, the labour movement, despite massive strikes, lost influence and visibility.