births
August 2, 1922
Len Murray, British trade union leader (died 2004)
Len Murray
Lionel Murray, Baron Murray of Epping Forest, was a British Labour Party politician and trade union leader. He served as the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress from 1973 to 1984.
Trade union
A trade union or labor union, often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.
August 2
August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 151 days remain until the end of the year.