May Day marks Chicago’s history of fighting for workers’ rights
The Haymarket Affair in 1886 Chicago was a catalyst in a campaign for the eight-hour work day. The event sparked a global labor movement.
May 1 is recognized around the world as International Workers’ Day, called Labour Day in some countries. The holiday’s origins date back to Chicago’s Haymarket Affair of 1886, a workers’ rights strike where several demonstrators, police and civilians died.
Reset speaks to an historian and a journalist about this Chicago history and how it connects to today’s labor movements.
GUESTS: Paul Durica, director of exhibitions at Chicago History Museum
Miles Kampf-Lassin, web editor at In These Times magazine
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May Day marks Chicago’s history of fighting for workers’ rights
The Haymarket Affair in 1886 Chicago was a catalyst in a campaign for the eight-hour work day. The event sparked a global labor movement.
May 1 is recognized around the world as International Workers’ Day, called Labour Day in some countries. The holiday’s origins date back to Chicago’s Haymarket Affair of 1886, a workers’ rights strike where several demonstrators, police and civilians died.
Reset speaks to an historian and a journalist about this Chicago history and how it connects to today’s labor movements.
GUESTS: Paul Durica, director of exhibitions at Chicago History Museum
Miles Kampf-Lassin, web editor at In These Times magazine
More From
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons