Happy International Workers Day!
from wikipedia.org:
International Workers' Day (a name used interchangeably with May Day) is the commemoration of the Haymarket Riot of 1886 in Chicago, and a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labor movement. The 1 May date is used because in 1884 the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, inspired by labor's 1872 success in Canada, demanded an eight-hour workday in the United States to come in effect as of May 1, 1886. This resulted in a general strike and the riot in Chicago of 1886, but eventually also in the official sanction of the eight-hour workday. The May Day Riots of 1894 and May Day Riots of 1919 occurred subsequently...
posted by anti-factory @ 4:39 PM
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3 Comments:
Thanks for the May Day post. Isn't it ironic that May Day is observed all over the world, but not here?
I guess those workers fighting for an 8 hour day were guilty of setting a good example...
Folks don't even know this day exists for what it is...strange, huh? Luckily, the day coincided with marches of a different, if but related kind here in the US! :D
Its time to remember the sacrifices that all workers have been through to make our lives better today.
Thanks for bringing such a nice info to the fore..
Thanks,
Alex
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