May 1, or May Day, marks International Workers’ Day. On this day in 1886, hundreds of thousands of workers across the United States went on strike for the 8-hour workday. At that time, workers of all genders and ages commonly worked 16-hour shifts in brutally oppressive conditions. Thousands of workers died each year in industrial More
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