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title: "Why was the American Federation of Labor (AFL) called the \"bread and butter\" union?"  
description: "Why was the American Federation of Labor (AFL) called the \"bread and butter\" union?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42855/why-was-the-american-federation-of-labor-afl-called-the-bread-and-butter-union  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was the American Federation of Labor (AFL) called the "bread and butter" union? 

Why was 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) called the "[bread and butter](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39834/the-american-federation-of-labor-s-support-for-bread-and-butter-unionism-was-intended-to-do-which-of-these)" [union](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1510/union-example-in-sql-server)? \
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