[oh8eleven]

my grandfather was elected the first and only president of the CIOA local
In 1880 NYC, my gg-grandfather shared a tenement with the cigar making Gompers family, including Samuel, who a few years later founded the AFL.
My gg-GF was a cooper and belonged to the Coopers International Union.
I often wonder if they enjoyed a cigar and a cold one while discussing politics.

[miss marmelstein]

Very, very interesting! The writer and director Moss Hart always said his grandfather was Gompers co-hort (until they broke up over a fight about which one would carry their shared briefcase!) I have a photo on the wall of my great grandfather seated before his Joiner Union headquarters. Straight out of a Tree Grows In Brooklyn!

The early Labor Movement is quite fascinating. Nothing like today’s goons and thugs.