craft union

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Although Debs established a tenuous relationship with Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor, some within the Socialist Party favored a more radical political stance than Gompers's craft union structure.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

All the carpenters belonged to one craft union.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Suppose the board decides to poll a great industrial plant, and an old, established craft union proves to be a minority?

From Time Magazine Archive

At A. F. of L.'s Washington convention last year the industrial v. craft union question was shelved for "study."

From Time Magazine Archive

The craft union officials also sought the help of the president of the United States.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler