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Read Samuel Gompers testimony before Congress regarding the AFLand the original platform of the Knights of Labor from the linksbelow. What issues did labor unions attempt to resolve in the early1900s? How successful were they at resolving these issues? Why wasthere such a struggle between business and labor, why was it sodifficult for them to come together. Why were strikes so violent?(Not being recognized, the issues they were trying to resolve,etc.) How did labor unions improve the working conditions forAmerican workers?

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