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Omaha Steve

(103,980 posts) Mon May 4, 2015, 06:57 PM May 2015

5-4-15 The Call for an 8 hour day Met with Gunfire in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/may-4-the-call-for-an-8-hour-day-met-with-gunfire-1430745002/

May 4, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. This was one of the most significant days in US labor history.

A mass meeting of workers was called for that night in Chicago’s Haymarket Square.

2:00 minute audio at link.