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title: "Why did the American Federation of Labor (AFL) split apart at its national convention in 1935?"  
description: "Why did the American Federation of Labor (AFL) split apart at its national convention in 1935?"  
author: "tasman Johnson"  
published: 2018-04-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40894/why-did-the-american-federation-of-labor-afl-split-apart-at-its-national-convention-in-1935  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the American Federation of Labor (AFL) split apart at its national convention in 1935?

Why did the [American Federation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40920/in-contrast-to-workers-in-the-american-federation-of-labor-afl-which-workers-did-the-congress-of-industrial-organizations-cio-help-organize) of Labor (AFL) [split](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2357/how-to-split-a-string-in-java) apart at its [national convention](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40472/which-state-passed-the-first-law-providing-for-the-popular-election-of-delegates-to-the-national-convention) in 1935?\
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