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Where was the first craft labor union in the United States?

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Where was the first craft labor union in the United States?

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It was in Philadelphia, where in 1792 the shoemakers organized. In 1774 they reformed as the Federal Society of Journey Cordwainers, striking in 1799 for 10 weeks and negotiating the first labor contract with an employer.