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Omaha Steve

(99,780 posts) Thu Apr 9, 2015, 11:08 PM Apr 2015

4-9-15 The fight for an eight hour work day was one of the most difficult in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/april-9-1428609606/

April 9, 2015
The fight for an eight hour work day was one of the most difficult and important efforts of the US labor movement.

Slogans such as “Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, eight hours for what we will!” became the rallying cry of working people.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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4-9-15 The fight for an eight hour work day was one of the most difficult in 2:00 (Original Post) Omaha Steve Apr 2015 OP

This picture is hanging in my dentists office. Every time I go there I wonder about the men in it. jwirr Apr 2015 #1

If we didn't have the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act protections... yallerdawg Apr 2015 #2

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

1. This picture is hanging in my dentists office. Every time I go there I wonder about the men in it.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2015, 11:24 PM

Apr 2015

I would be terrified on that job.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

2. If we didn't have the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act protections...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2015, 11:25 PM

Apr 2015

the bosses wouldn't lose one second of sleep killing us. That's what they did. That's what they do where there are no protections. That's what they fight to get rid of!

All these laws, rules, regulations and red tape people complain about are the protections that keep us alive.

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