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The eight-hour day was the first topic discussed by the International Labour Organization which resulted in the Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 ratified by 52 countries as of 2016. The eight-hour day movement forms part of the early history for the celebration of May Day, and Labour Day in some countries.
The 1872 New York City eight hour day strike was one of the first citywide strikes for the eight hour day in North America. More than 100,000 workers in total, across building and manufacturing trades participated in the strike. Initially it was successful in winning the eight hour day for many workers.
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The Act, formerly codified at 45 U.S.C. §§ 65, 66, was repealed in 1996 when it provided: §65. Establishment of eight hour day Eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and service, be deemed a day's work and the measure of standard of a day's work for the purpose of reckoning the compensation for services of all employees who are now or may hereafter be employed by any common carrier by ...
Looking back, the early pandemic period seems almost like a fever dream. In the first half of 2020, we hunkered down in our homes. The outside world brimmed with a perilous danger we didn’t ...
Triple Eight Racing, an English motor racing team; 8/8/8 is a nickname for the 2008 South Ossetia War that broke out on August 8, 2008; 888 is a contraction of the labour movement's slogan for the Eight-hour day; 4-hole extension of the ISO 838 standard of filing holes punched in paper is sometimes called "888"
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Obsidian was honored to spend the day with her real-life counterpart in Vegas on King’s 100th birthday. ... She set up a system for the women to work around the clock in three eight-hour shifts ...