american federation of labor

1. 1.

   a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955

   SynonymsAFL

   Broaderfederation

Questions about american federation of labor

What does american federation of labor mean?

american federation of labor means "a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955".

What is another word for american federation of labor?

Close synonyms include AFL. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american federation of labor a common word?

american federation of labor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.