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The 19 pages that link to American Federation of Labor, each with the reason it gives.

• Labor unionBroader topic: It became a major institution in the development of American trade unionism.

• Industrial Workers of the WorldCompared with: The IWW challenged the AFL’s craft-based organization and its limits on membership.

• Pullman StrikeCompared with: Its trade-union structure differed from the American Railway Union’s cross-trade organizing.

• ProgressivismRelated: Its focus on collective bargaining differed from reformers’ broader reliance on expert regulation and social legislation.

• Industrial unionismCompared with: Its craft-union structure sharpened debates over organizing unskilled and semiskilled workers.

• Screen Actors GuildRelated: The Guild became affiliated with this labor federation during its early development.

• Samuel GompersRelated: Gompers co-founded this federation and made it the center of his labor organizing.

• Socialist Party of AmericaRelated: The SPA sought working-class support while often clashing with the AFL's conservative leadership.

• United Auto WorkersCompared with: The UAW’s industrial organizing challenged the AFL’s craft-union approach.

• Actors' Equity AssociationRelated: Actors' Equity affiliated with the federation in 1919, gaining recognition within organized labor.

• International Workers' DayRelated: Its campaign for an eight-hour day helped inspire the May 1 labor action of 1886.

• Labor movement in the United StatesRelated: Its focus on organizing skilled workers shaped the dominant form of unionism for decades.

• Congress of Industrial OrganizationsCompared with: The CIO split from the AFL over organizing industrial workers rather than maintaining craft union priorities.

• AFL-CIORelated: It was one of the two federations that merged to create the AFL-CIO.

• Daniel De LeonCompared with: Its craft-based structure was the principal labor model De Leon criticized.

• Robert M. La FolletteRelated: Its support gave La Follette’s 1924 coalition an organized labor base.

• George MeanyBroader topic: Meany rose through its plumbing union and became its president in 1952.

• Jimmy HoffaRelated: The Teamsters’ early history included affiliation with this major labor federation.

• Bill HaywoodCompared with: The AFL’s craft unionism contrasted with the IWW’s industrial organizing.