Peter J. McGuire Labor Day Landmark Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5069 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5069 To designate the Peter J. McGuire Memorial and Peter J. McGuire Gravesite located in Pennsauken, New Jersey, as a National Historic Landmark, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 29, 2025 Mr. Norcross (for himself, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Deluzio, and Ms. Hoyle of Oregon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To designate the Peter J. McGuire Memorial and Peter J. McGuire Gravesite located in Pennsauken, New Jersey, as a National Historic Landmark, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Peter J. McGuire Labor Day Landmark Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Peter J. McGuire joined the Cabinet Makers Union of New York in 1872 and, recognizing the need for one international union of wood workers, called for and led a convention of carpenters and joiners in Chicago in 1881 that formed the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners which became the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in 1888. (2) The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners elected McGuire as its first general secretary and retained him in that position for 20 years. (3) McGuire was a leader in convincing skeptical, locally minded union activists around the United States that a national labor federation was not only necessary, but also possible. (4) McGuire co-founded with Samuel Gompers the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions and, in 1886, reorganized it into the American Federation of Labor. (5) McGuire served variousl