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ess, in ''Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas'', Vol. 1, p. 100 [http://www.blackrosebooks.net/anarism1.htm] In 1886, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions (FOTLU) of the United States and Canada unanimously set 1 May 1886, as the date by which the Eight-hour day|eight-hour work day would become standard. In response, unions across America prepared a [[ |
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e Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (the AA). Brody, 1969, p. 52; Foner, p. 218. The AA was a founding member of the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions (FOTLU) and its successor, the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Dubofsky and Dulles, p. 145-46; Krause, p. 289. While the AA had a good degree of success organizing steel workers, it also ha |