May Day: Haymarket and the 8-Hour Work Day
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 [...]
Providence Poised for Annual May Day Holiday
May Day, it’s the original Labor Day and it’s been celebrated with direct action since the first one in 1886 when more than a quarter million workers across the country went on strike to fight for an eight-hour workday. Tomorrow in Providence, the numbers may well be smaller but the issues are no less important. [...]
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