This organization was founded after a dispute when part of another similar organization broke a cigar makers' strike in New York by undercutting the strikers' wage demands; a member of the striking union would become this group's first president.
This organization organized a boycott involving white stickers to demonstrate their opposition to immigration from a certain country. This organization was founded after a dispute when part of another similar organization broke a cigar makers' strike in New York by undercutting the strikers' wage demands; a member of the striking union would become this group's first president. One initiative pursued under his leadership was the placing of white stickers of cigars made by white workers in opposition to Chinese immigration. A breakaway faction of this group focused on industry, founded by John L. Lewis, as opposed to the initial focus on craft, would eventually rejoin in 1955. For 10 points, identify this labor union, which merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations and was founded by, among others, Samuel Gompers.
This organization organized a boycott involving white stickers to demonstrate their opposition to immigration from a certain country.
{American Federation} of Labor [or {AFL}-{CIO}, do not accept after “{industry}”]