In 1908, C. Gompers, along with other representatives of the American Federation of Labor visited the main conventions of the bourgeois parties of the country, providing for their consideration the requirements set forth in the "Bill of complaint," thus setting the practice of visiting the trade union leadership of congress Republicans and Democrats. The Republicans have refused to heed the demands of trade unions and to incorporate them into their platform. Moreover, their platform contained a paragraph about the persecution of trade unions in the courts, the need to resolve disputes between unions and employers through litigation. The Democrats, by contrast, have endorsed many of the proposals of the workers. S. Gompers and tried to organize the work of the Labour Representation Committee in order to mobilize workers to support the Democratic candidate, Brian W. However, describing the election, he declared that the American Federation of Labor still holds "non-party politics" and serves only for the candidates, not party, and therefore ostensibly support Brian W. is not indicative of the fact that American labor unions gave preference for Democrats. Such an assertion is untrue. As a result of the activities that the leaders of the federation is in support of W. Brian established a "very friendly" relations between the leadership of the AFL and the Democratic Party, and preserved in the First World War. Election 1908 showed the evolution in the process of integration of the American Federation of Labor in the political struggle. However, it should be noted that 1908 marked the party orientation mainly representatives of managers of the American Federation of Labor, not the rank and file union members, many of which are pa elections 1908 supported the Socialist Party.
Despite the recognition of the leadership of the American Federation of Labor organized workers need to participate in campaigns for the election of the president. American Federation of Labor as the National Organization of Trade Unions to the United States 1952 took no official part in the presidential elections (except 1924). In a statement the executive committee of August 1, 1908 contained the characteristic activities of both parties and asked the workers make a choice according to their interests and the interests of the people. Therefore, if S. Gompers in 1908. For the first time urging workers to participate in presidential elections, urged them to vote for a candidate, the executive committee only recognized the need for trade union involvement in the campaign, and the right to choose parties and candidates, respectively, left the workers