Labor History in 2:00 -- Samuel Gompers Increased AFL Membership to 3 Million

On January 27, 1850, renowned labor leader Samuel Gompers was born to a Jewish family in London, England. His family immigrated to the United States in 1863, where Gompers learned the cigar-making trade from his father.

This has been reposted from The Rick Smith Show.

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