Dashed left edge = started before November 1881 ·
Dashed right edge = ongoing beyond November 1881
Events in November 1881 1
1881Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions foundedPrecursor organization to the American Federation of LaborDelegates from craft unions across the United States met in Pittsburgh to form the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions. The organization coordinated labor demands including the eight-hour workday. It reorganized five years later into the American Federation of Labor.