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, and it was chartered by the American Federation of Labor on January 15, 1900. It had 17,000 members by 1925. In 1955, it switched affiliation to the new AFL-CIO, and by 1957, it had 16,500 members. Membership in 1975 was slightly lower, at 14,428. On August 16, 1979, it merged into the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
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
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