Which of the following best states the goals of the "pure and simple unionism" advocated by Samuel Gompers?
(A) Labor unions should concentrate on increasing wages and benefits.
(B) Labor should organize industry's skilled and unskilled workers into a single union.
(C) Labor unions should compete directly with large industries in producing and distributing consumer products.
(D) Industrial workers should form a political party to achieve their goals.
(E) The defective capitalist system should be replaced by labor cooperatives.
Ans: (A) Labor unions should concentrate on increasing wages and benefits.
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