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May Day: Haymarket and the 8-Hour Work Day

May Day: Haymarket and the 8-Hour Work Day

By Bob Plain on May 1, 2012

May Day, or International Workers Day, is a holiday celebrated in more than 80 countries around the world. But not so much in the United States, even though it started here and, for a brief time served as this country’s de facto Labor Day – a holiday to remember and honor the working class and [...]

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