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April 25, 2024

Today in 1886
The New York Times declares the struggle for an eight-hour workday to be “un-American” and calls public demonstrations for the shorter hours “Labor disturbances brought about by foreigners.” Other publications declare that an eight-hour workday would bring about “loafing and gambling, rioting, debauchery and drunkenness.” 
~ Labor Tribune

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Organized Labor is Banking on a New Civil Rights Movement
Posted On: Apr 15, 2015
Apr. 15, 2015 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | nationaljournal.com  As food-food workers and organized labor plan mass protests [today] for a $15 minimum wage and a union, they are also relaying the message that workers' rights are civil rights. As racial minorities continue to make up more and more of the lower-wage employment sectors, organized labor is betting that working to advance racial equality will be central to its survival. Full story...
 
 
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