McGuire, Peter James

Born: 1852 AD
Died: 1906 AD, at 54 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
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US carpenter and labor leader

main founder of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners 1881

1st secretary of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners 1881-1902

leader of movement advocating national Labor Day holiday (approved by Congress 1894)

helped found American Federation of Labor 1886

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