Eugene Debs became a socialist in 1897 while c) serving time in jail. He was incarcerated after he was complicit with the Pullman Strike and he read various social works and became a more radicalized social worker than when he had gone into jail. This was when he became a founding member of three different American socialist parties.
<span>The american federation of labor was instrumental in achieving the establishment of the Department of Labor. The Department of Labor was created in 1913 to help improve the work conditions for U.S workers, promote the welfare of U.S. wage earners and help employers find workers. It also protects worker's retirement and health care benefits, strengthens the free collective bargaining, and tracks changes in employment and wages.</span>
