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April 26, 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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President Obama Vetoes NLRB Legislation Backed by GOP
Updated On: Mar 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2015 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | washingtontimes.com President Obama vetoed a GOP-backed resolution Tuesday that would halt a National Labor Relations Board rule making it easier for workers to hold so-called "ambush" union-organizing elections, his second veto since Republicans took control of the Senate in January. The president said the congressional action would block "modest but overdue reforms to simplify" union elections. "Because this resolution seeks to undermine a streamline democratic process that allows American workers to freely choose to make their voices heard, I cannot support it," he said. Full story...
 
 
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