Carried on throughout a brutally cold winter , the strike Attack lasted more than two months , from January to March , defying the assumptions of conservative trade unions within the American Federation of Labor ( AFL ) that immigrant , largely female and ethnically divided Change workers could not be organized Arranging .

The railroad brotherhoods and the American Federation of Labor ( AFL ) opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act the boycott , and the General Managers ' Association of the railroads coordinated the opposition .

A year after the strike , the union 's secretary-treasurer wrote Statement to the American Federation of Labor ( AFL ) , declaring Expressing_publicly , 'The National is busted ... ' The union almost ceased to exist Presence .

It suspended Change_event_time publication of its newsletter and ceased Process_end paying Commerce_pay per capita dues to the AFL .

The AFL siren controversy ( dubbed Sirengate ) surrounded Surrounding the conclusion and result of an Australian rules football match played Competition on 30 April 2006 during Round 5 of the Australian Football League 's 2006 season .

It is currently held during the Australian Football League ( AFL ) split round .

In contrast to today 's strict AFL codes of conduct Action the Community Cup is promoted as embracing Motion grassroots community amateur football and as a result it is promoted Cause_to_make_progress as `` kid and dog friendly '' with quarter and half time pitch invasions Attack for traditional kick-to-kick .

Like the Grand Final in previous years , the match Competition was played Competition at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as a curtain raiser to the 2008 AFL Season finals match between Hawthorn Hawks and Western Bulldogs which attracted a crowd of 76,703 spectators .