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Thu Jun-19-08 05:49 AM Original message |
| Today in labor history June 19 Eight-hour work day adopted for federal employees |
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June 19  June 19, 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York harbor. A gift from France, it symbolized American freedom and openness to immigrants from around the world. Read more about the statue at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun19.html Eight-hour work day adopted for federal employees - 1912 The first important sit-down strike in American history is conducted by workers at a General Tire Co. factory in Akron, Ohio. The United Rubber Workers union was founded a year later – 1934 |
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