16 August

George Meany, plumber, founding AFL-CIO president, born – 1894

Homer Martin, early United Auto Workers leader, born in Marion, Ill. – 1902

National Apprenticeship Act passed – 1937

National Agricultural Workers Union merges into Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen – 1960

International Union of Wood, Wire & Metal Lathers merges with United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners – 1979