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Early american workers dealt with many problems. These problems ranged from child labor to unemployment. The workers also tried to set up groups, called unions, that they could call their own. The owners of the companies they worked for could not give the workers what they deserved because of their unions. Many unions also helped shape our modern US history by helping the people come together as a whole. One such union was the American …

…unity. In 1955, all differences were sorted out and on February 9, the Merger Agreement was signed. On this day, the American Federation of Labor finished its seventy-five years of existence. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1.) Renshaw, Patrick. The Wobblies: The story of syndicalism in the United States. 1967. Doubleday & Company. Garden City, New York 2.) Taft, Phillip. The AFL: from the death of Gompers to the merger. 1959. Harper & Brothers. New York. 3.) Velie, Lester. Labor U.S.A Today. 1964. Harper & Row. New York.