Flashback: AFL Founder Samuel Gompers' Hatred of Chinese people working next to Whites

Here's a flashback from Samuel Gompers founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).Basic Books, in 2003, published Frank Wu's important book Yellow. You might say organized labor and Samuel Gompers aren't exactly "progressive". Here's a Gompers' gem from page 15:

"I have always opposed Chinese immigration not only because of the effect Chinese standards of life and work but because of racial problem created when Chinese and white workers were brought into close contact of living and working side by side. "

Racist, Samuel Gompers.