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June 25

More than 8,000 people attend the dedication ceremony for The Haymarket Martyrs Monument in Chicago, honoring those framed and executed for the bombing at Haymarket Square on May 4, 1886 - 1893

June 25

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June 24

Birth of Agnes Nestor, president of the Int?l Glove Workers Union and longtime leader of the Chicago Women's Trade Union League. She began work in a glove factory at age 14 - 1880

June 24

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June 16

Eight local unions organize the Int?l Fur Workers Union of U.S. and Canada.

June 16

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June 15

The Metal Trades Department of what is now the AFL-CIO is founded - 1908

June 15

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June 14

The first commercial computer, UNIVAC I, is installed at the U.S. Census Bureau - 1951

June 14

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June 13

Congress creates a Bureau of Labor, under the Interior Department.

June 13