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

[Omaha Steve]

November 24

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.


And this:
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

[demosincebirth]

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