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Néstor David
Néstor David
· 02 May 2021
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The origin, of the day of the worker.

Now it seems “normal” to have an 8-hour working day and a month's paid vacation, but in 1886 it was most common that the working day was between 12 and 16 hours.

In April of that year, a group of workers in Chicago began a campaign to reduce working hours to 8 hours. On 1 May they called a major demonstration, which was violently repelled by the police.

That aggression was soon answered throughout the country and strikes were called, which were massively seconded by more than 400,000 people. In one of these protests, a group of strikers threw a bomb on policemen and killed several of them.

The workers were sentenced to life imprisonment and some to death. Penalties that were commuted a few years later (too many in some cases).

In 1889, in Paris, the International Conference of Workers agreed to set May 1 each year as Workers' Day, a day that should be of struggle and remembrance of their companions, those “martyrs of Chicago”.

Interestingly, in the United States, labor day (not workers' day) is celebrated on the first Monday in September.

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  • Comments (18)
Franco Mendoza Photo
It is not normal to work more than the hours they are and less if they are not paid
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Zulaine Díaz
I had no knowledge of this, thank you.
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Eza Chavez
Wages do not reach, profits few, hours worked infinite...
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MAGALY
Here the day is six hours and they complain
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Silvia
That's only seen here in vzla... every time there are people who don't like to work especially young people
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Gustavo Perez
Oh how interesting, I didn't know that..
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Marie Koster
In the Netherlands we also work an average of 8 hours a day, but can also be less or much more hours, depending on your profession.
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yanetnava39
very good your information thank you for sharing it
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Isabel
Every country has a way of working, here in Bogota my mom works 8 hours and half an hour to eat, I think so it is in Venezuela, I still do not work studio, thank God 🤦🏻‍♀️
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Luis Alfonso
It is the reality of all of us today's workers in venezuela
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Meredith✨
In some places they party their workers in others do not, I think they should do it around the world
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naf1971naf
a historical date on the 1st of may day of the worker
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ELINA RICKURA
This day is an honor to those who fight for reinvications and for decent work.
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Rosita&Charlene-Blogs-Creaties
This story is completely true. Well written by the way too.
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Maria
this story is real and very true, before we did not have any kind of prestaiones and was overworked
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