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August 12

The national Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners is founded in Chicago in a gathering of 36 carpenters from 11 cities - 1881

August 12

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August 11

Federal troops drive some 1,200 jobless workers from Washington D.C. Led by unemployed activist Charles "Hobo" Kelley, the group's "soldiers" include young journalist Jack London and William Haywood, a young miner-cowboy called "Big Bill" - 1884

August 11

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August 10

The Air Line Pilots Association is founded at a meeting in Chicago attended by 24 activists from across the country - 1931

August 10

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August 9

Knights of Labor strike New York Central railroad, ultimately to be defeated by scabbing - 1890 Nine men and one woman meet in Oakland, Calif., to form what was to become the 230,000-member California School Employees Association, representing school support staff throughout the state - 1927

August 9

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August 8

Delegates to the St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly elect 35-year-old Charles James, leader of the Boot and Shoe Workers local union, as their president. He was the first African-American elected to that leadership post in St. Paul, and, many believe, the first anywhere in the nation - 1902

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August 7

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Wobbly organizer, born - 1890 Eugene Debs and three other trade unionists arrested after Pullman Strike - 1894

August 7