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Uproar Over Women and Child Labor At AFL Convention
In Philadelphia the American Federation of Labor hall heard vivid tales from southern cotton mills detailing brutal working hours, starvation-level wages, and disease among women and children. Delegates donated on the floor, signaling urgent relief needs as speakers condemned mill labor practices and poverty.
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American Federation of Labor
Horticultural Hall
Samuel Gompers
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Max S. Hayes
Cleveland
Georgia
Sara A. Conboy
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