The Haymarket affair saw workers protesting for a 40-hour working week. Harper’s Weekly [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Since the 19th century May 1 has been International Worker’s Day, chosen by organised labour to celebrate the contribution of workers around the world. But it’s frequently forgotten that the day actually celebrates a particular achievement of the labour movement: being able to do less work. Not better paid or decent work, but shorter working hours.
May 1 initially commemorated the 1886 Haymarket affair , where Chicago workers were striking for a radical and dangerous proposal: the eight-hour work day. This idea […]
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