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August 9

Twenty people, including at least nine firefighters, are killed in Boston?s worst fire.

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.

August 8

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August 06

Cigarmakers' International Union of America merges with Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union - 1974

August 06

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August 5

Using clubs, police rout 1,500 jobless men who had stormed the plant of the Fruit Growers Express Co. in Indiana Harbor, Indiana, demanding jobs - 1931

August 5

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August 4

The Amalgamated Assn. of Iron and Steel Workers is formed. It partnered with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, CIO in 1935; both organizations disbanded in 1942 to form the new United Steelworkers - 1876

August 4