The A.F.L.also opposed extremists who used labor protests to change the social system.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Led by Samuel Gompers, the A.F.L.was different from earlier labor groups.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

What the A.F.L.called for were things workers wanted immediately.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

F. for six years, first in L.A., then in Happy Valley.

NEWYORKER: The Apostate