Labor History in 2:00

May 3 - Blood in the Streets for the Eight Hour Day


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On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. A little after three o’clock on that Monday, in Chicago, radical labor activist and newspaper man August Spies climbed onto a box car to give a speech about the fight for the eight hour day. 

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Labor History in 2:00By The Rick Smith Show