The International Typographical Union, eager to establish a national labor union, also widely publicized the conference.
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John Jarrett, president of the Iron and Steel Workers, was elected chairman.
In the 1800s the site was home to Turner Hall, and in 1881 the world's first labor union, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions (later to become the AFL and part of the AFL-CIO) had its founding conference at the site.
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