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Gompers in 1894
===Leading the AFL===
===Leading the AFL===
[[File:Gompers-1894.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Samuel Gompers in 1894]]
Gompers helped found the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in 1881 as a coalition of like-minded unions. In 1886 it was reorganized into the American Federation of Labor, with Gompers as its president. He was reelected annually, except for 1895, when the socialists defeated him.
Gompers helped found the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in 1881 as a coalition of like-minded unions. In 1886 it was reorganized into the American Federation of Labor, with Gompers as its president. He was reelected annually, except for 1895, when the socialists defeated him.