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meet sam
the office cat
Named
after
the
great
labor
leader
of
the
late
1800’s,
"Sam
Gompers"
adopted
WPEA
Headquarters
in
2003
and
has
decided
to
call
it
home.
He
is
an
asset
to
our
staff
who
enjoy
his
sweet
personality
and
playful
spirit. Scroll
down
to
learn
more
about
Sam
and
his
namesake.
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Likes:
--
Fawn's office
--
Jake's
window
--
Marian's
file
boxes
--
Warm
car
hoods
--
The
"cat
box
cleaning
crew" |
Dislikes:
--
Vacuum
Cleaners
--
Dogs
--
Herb's
comments
about
him
--
Weekends
when
there
are
no
union
meetings |
NAME
SAKE: Samuel Gompers
(1850-1924)
Born
to
Dutch-Jewish
immigrant
parents
in
London, Gompers
left
school
at
age
10
to
begin
work
as
a
cigar
maker.
He
emigrated
to
New
York
in 1863
where
he
joined
Local
15
of
the Cigarmakers'
International
Union
(CMIU)
in
1864.
Elected
CMIU
vice-president
in 1886,
he
was
a
founder
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor
(AFL),
and
served
as
its
president from1886-1924.
A
Marxist
in
his
early
days,
he
turned
against
the
Socialists
in
the
AFL,
championing
a
'pure
and
simple'
trade
unionism
that
was
hostile
to
independent labor
political
action,
industrial
unionism,
and
government
intervention
in
the
sphere
of
labor
relations.
As
unions
in
general
and
the
AFL
in
particular
gained
in
power
and
status,
he
himself
became
the
major
figure
in
the
American
labor
movement
and
a
highly
respected
figure
in
American
public
life.
He
served
as
a
member
of
the
Advisory
Commission
to
the
Council
of
National
Defense
from 1917-18,
and
as
a
member
of
the
American
delegation
to
the
Paris
Peace
Conference
in
1919.
His
important
autobiography,
Seventy
Years
of
Life
and
Labor,
was
published
in
1925.
[Resource:
Biography.com]
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Our
four-legged
"Sam
Gompers"
is
also
very
active
in
the
Labor
Movement
and
is
dedicated
to
attending
most
WPEA
headquarters
meetings. His
goal
is
to
meet
as
many
WPEA
members
as
possible,
so
please
take
a
moment
to
say
hi! |
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Our movement is of the working people, for the working people, by the working people. . . There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish.
—Samuel Gompers
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