What prompted the federal government to negotiate with samuel gompers, the head of the american
federation of labor (afl), during world war i?

a
the realization that the government could improve the lives of working men and women

b. the need for peaceful and productive relations between wartime production and labor

c. the constant threat of
strikes by the men and women who worked in the factories

d. the reduced number of european immigrants who made up the bulk of factory workers