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-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
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