International Union of Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers

The International Union of Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers (WWML) was a labor union representing workers involved in erecting lath, plasterboard and flooring in the United States and Canada.

History

The union was established on December 15, 1899, at a congress in Detroit,^[1] and it was chartered by the American Federation of Labor on January 15, 1900.^[2] It had 17,000 members by 1925.^[1] In 1955, it switched affiliation to the new AFL-CIO, and by 1957, it had 16,500 members.^[3] Membership in 1975 was slightly lower, at 14,428.^[4] On August 16, 1979, it merged into the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.^[2]

Presidents

1899: Edward J. Bracken

1900:

1903: J. E. Toale

1904: William J. McSorley

1926: John H. Bell

1929: William J. McSorley

1955: Lloyd A. Mashburn

1964: Sal Maso

1970: Robert Georgine

1971: Kenneth M. Edwards

1976: Charles Brodeur