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Gompers

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Gom·pers  (gmprz), Samuel 1850-1924.
British-born American labor leader who as president of the American Federation of Labor (1886-1924, except 1895) won higher wages, shorter hours, and greater freedom for union members.
Gompers [ˈgɒmpəz]
n
(Biographies / Gompers, Samuel (1850-1924) M, USnational of birth: English, POLITICS: labour leader) Samuel. 1850-1924, US labour leader, born in England; a founder of the American Federation of Labor and its president (1886-94; 1896-1924)
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Noun1.GompersGompers - United States labor leader (born in England) who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1924 (1850-1924)
Samuel Gompers


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Time and the world had rolled on, Gompers was gone, the American Federation of Labour was gone, and gone was Debs with all his wild revolutionary ideas; but the dream had persisted, and here it was at last realized in fact.
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