Author Archives : Fred Hirsch

Why May Day?


In May 1886 immigrant workers joined with  American born workers to call for an eight hour day.  They demanded a measure of justice. They wanted some fair share of the great wealth their work produced for the industrialist millionaire “Robber Barons,” the ruling class 1% of the day. When they called a strike and picketed they were shot and killed.…

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