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Originally Posted by Well Read Ted
So you must not like the 5 day workweek and the 8 hour day that striking workers of the past gave us.
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Originally Posted by gingersnaps
you fail at history
...During the 1870s, eight hours became a central demand, especially among labour organisers, with a network of Eight-Hour Leagues which held rallies and parades. A hundred thousand workers in New York City struck and won the eight-hour day in 1872, mostly for building trades workers...
...On 1 May 1886, Albert Parsons, head of the Chicago Knights of Labor, with his wife Lucy Parsons and two children, led 80,000 people down Michigan Avenue, Chicago, in what is regarded as the first modern May Day Parade, in support of the eight-hour day. In the next few days they were joined nationwide by 350,000 workers who went on strike at 1,200 factories, including 70,000 in Chicago, 45,000 in New York, 32,000 in Cincinnati, and additional thousands in other cities. Some workers gained shorter hours (eight or nine) with no reduction in pay,....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-...#United_States
Last edited by Well Read Ted; 10-12-2016 at 03:59 AM.