What did samuel gompers hope to accomplish in forming the afl?

The correct answer is Gompers formed an alliance of skilled workers with the goal of improving their lives and working conditions.

He formed it and became the first president of it because he wanted for all unions and workers to work together in things like collective bargaining, regardless of what their craft or business actually was. He believed that if they worked together they could get things like higher wages, shorter working hours, and similar.