Today in labor history April 25: NYT declares the struggle for an eight-hour workday to be “un-Ameri

[Omaha Steve]

April 25




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 day would bring about “loafing and gambling, rioting, debauchery and drunkenness” - 1886

IWW Marine Transport Workers begin West Coast strike - 1923

The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and 100 others are arrested while picketing a Charleston, S.C. hospital in a demand for union recognition - 1969

[kenny blankenship]

1. Sounds like it could be NYTimes headline from today

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. I'd like a 9 hour workday, personally.

I rarely get to see that...