1. Gompers - Noun
2. Gompers - Proper noun
United States labor leader (born in England) who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1924 (1850-1924)
Source: WordNetAs Samuel Gompers said, “More schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed.” Source: Internet
Instead, Gompers favoured a meeting in Paris which would only consider President Woodrow Wilson 's Fourteen Points as a platform. Source: Internet
In 1886, Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor in Druid's Hall on S. Fourth Street, and in 1890 the United Mine Workers of America was founded at old City Hall. Source: Internet
Gompers also set the agenda for the draft charter protecting workers' rights. Source: Internet
This law was considered the " Magna Carta " of labor by Samuel Gompers because it ended union liability antitrust laws. Source: Internet