Poster is printed on white paper. Poster is a collage of images related to the formation of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). There are images of people protesting and men wroking in a factory. At the left is a portrait of Samuel Gompers, the first president oif the AFL. At the bottom right is text that reads: "Birth Of The AFL". below the title are two columns of text that reads: "The American Federation of Labor, organized by the leaders / of the craft unions, had its origin in 1881. Samuel Gompers, / shown here when he was a "reader" for the cigar makers, / became its first president and served until his death in 1923. / P.J. McGuire of the Carpenters, one of the early AFL / leaders, organzied the first Labor Day celebration in New / York City in 1882.".