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Events on Tuesday 15 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.