Poland does away with the 8-hour day
Submitted by akai on Jun 15 2013 12:59
The avant-garde of neoliberal horrors has finally done away with the 8-hour working day.
Autobiographies of the Haymarket martyrs
Submitted by Steven. on May 1 2013 17:17
The full of autobiographies of each of the Haymarket martyrs: eight Chicago anarchists who were sentenced to death and in whose memory we celebrate May Day, International Workers' Day. Originally written for the Knights of Labor journal.
"Dynamite... That’s the Stuff" - Louis Adamic
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 15 2009 17:09
Selections from Chapter 2 of "Dynamite: the Story of Class Violence in America" on the condition of the American working class in the late 19th century, the workers movement including the Knights of Labor and Mayday and the Haymarket martyrs.
The eight hour day in 2008
In this feature, published by Freedom Press for Mayday 2008, Rob Ray investigates how the campaign for the eight hour day has progressed since the times of the Haymarket Martyrs.
1886: The Bay View Massacre
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 24 2007 14:09
The little known history of the massacre that occurred in Milwaukee, when 7,000 building workers and 5,000 Polish workers demanded the eight-hour work day.
1915-1920: Red Clydeside and the shop stewards' movement
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2006 13:47
An account of the powerful workers' movement in Scotland and the strike of 100,000 for a 40-hour week in 1919 which was savagely attacked by the government on what became known as Bloody Friday.
A short history of May Day
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 11 2006 09:54
The history of the world holiday on the 1st May - May Day, or International Workers Day, held in commemoration of four anarchists executed for struggling for an 8-hour day.
1919: La Canadiense and Barcelona general strike
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 10 2006 10:30
A short history of the Barcelona general strike of 1919 which began after the sacking of eight workers, and ended up as one of the most successful working class actions in history.
1919: The 40-hours strike
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 10 2006 10:17
The 40 Hours strike led by the Clyde Workers' Committee was the most radical strike seen on Clydeside in terms of both its tactics and its demands.
Parsons on the 8 hour Day
Submitted by libcom on Jul 24 2005 17:53
Albert R. Parsons, Haymarket Martyr and anarchist on the movement for an eight-hour working day in March, 1886.
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