Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions

Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions
Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada
Merged intoAmerican Federation of Labor
FoundedNovember 15, 1881
DissolvedDecember 8, 1886
Location
Key people
Samuel Gompers, Chair, Executive Committee

The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada (FOTLU) was a federation of labor unions created on November 15, 1881, at Turner Hall in Pittsburgh. It changed its name to the American Federation of Labor (AFL) on December 8, 1886.

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