BigHaas [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoWhy does the US have a labor day when the entire point of the US is crushing labor?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareWhy does the US have a labor day when the entire point of the US is crushing labor?BigHaas [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up89·1 year agoUS Labor Day literally exists to erase real Labor Day, 1 May, which commemorates the Haymarket Affair.
minus-squareWoofWoof91 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·1 year agofun fact! they rebranded may day to “loyalty day”! things you do when you’re definitely not the evil empire of the day
minus-squareNeelixBiederman [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoYeah, Labor Day was created after the bloody Pullman(?) Strike basically as a way to distract from May Day
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoIt was a general strike for the 8 hour day
US Labor Day literally exists to erase real Labor Day, 1 May, which commemorates the Haymarket Affair.
fun fact! they rebranded may day to “loyalty day”!
things you do when you’re definitely not the evil empire of the day
Yeah, Labor Day was created after the bloody Pullman(?) Strike basically as a way to distract from May Day
It was a general strike for the 8 hour day