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The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners was founded on 8 August 1881. Carpenters unions and trade organizations throughout the United States met in Chicago and elected Peter McGuire —a young carpenter who had successfully organized carpenters in the St. Louis area—secretary, and Gabriel Edmondsen of Washington, D.C. president of the newly formed union. Under McGuire's dynamic leadership, the UBCJ was the largest trade union in America by 1890. During the 1890s the Carpenters played a major role in Labor's struggle for an eight-hour workday and were instrumental in the establishment of Labor Day as a national holiday. In 1894, Peter McGuire and the Carpenters joined Samuel Gompers to form the American Federation of Labor .

Local 1713 of South Norfolk was the first to receive a charter in the area by Local 746 of Norfolk in 1891. Other early UBCJ in western Connecticut Local 100J of New Milford (1902), Local 119 of Ridgefield (1906), Local 409 of New Canaan (1910), and Local 1200 of Wilton (1912). The first contract negotiated by Local 713 called for an hourly wage of 22.5 cents and a sixty-hour workweek.

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