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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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What Happened to the Labor Party?
Updated On: Oct 12, 2015
Oct. 12, 2015 | LABOR HISTORY |  jacobinmagt.com  In 1996, thousands of trade unionists and activists decided to build an independent party. The initiative was the brainchild of Tony Mazzocchi, the passionate leader of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (which, after two mergers, is today part of the United Steelworkers). Mazzocchi held true to the dream of an independent political party rooted in the labor movement over which working people would have ownership. He was fond of saying: "The bosses have two parties. We need one of our own." Continued...
 
 
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