Labor Day
Date: Friday, April 21
Topic: Events
Labor unions throughout the world (except the United States) march-and frequently resort to violence-for better working conditions. The international workers day was created in memory of a strike (demanding an eight-hour day) by 400,000 workers in Chicago on May 1, 1886. Trade union organizers were accused of throwing a bomb at police trying to break up the demonstration. Four were executed, one killed himself in prison and three were pardoned after six years in jail. Workers and union members parade in El Centro to mark the day locally.
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