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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Omaha Steve

(99,573 posts) Tue Dec 15, 2015, 08:59 PM Dec 2015

12-13-15 Samuel Gompers dead IN 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/december-12-samuel-gompers-dead/

December 13, 2015
On this day in labor history the year was 1924. That was the day that long-time leader of the American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompers, died. Gompers was born to a Jewish family in England. He was a cigar-maker by trade.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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