Labor history Nov 24 Cigarmakers International Union, Local 144, was chartered with Samuel Gompers

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Labor history Nov 24 Cigarmakers International Union, Local 144, was chartered with Samuel Gompers

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November 24, 1875 - The Cigarmakers International Union, Local 144, was chartered with Samuel Gompers as president. The union held its first meetings in taverns located off the Bowery in New York City.

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Led by Samuel Gompers, who would later found the American Federation of Labor, Cigarmakers
International Union Local 144 is chartered in New York City - 1875

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/big-labor/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_11_24_2011

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1. Today, I long for a Labor leaders like Gompers.

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