No work, no school? May Day Strong protests May 1; what to know today

No work. No school. No shopping. A national May Day protest is coming May 1. Here's what May Day Strong organizers are ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Labor Day, like May Day, emerged from the call for shorter work hours

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Labor Day and May Day emerged from the movement for a shorter workday in industrial America

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It took more than a century for Chicago’s Haymarket Square to get this memorial to the historic labor strife that occurred there. ...
Talking Points Memo

How Labor Day Emerged From the Movement for a Shorter Workday

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. Most of the world observes International Workers’ Day on May 1 or the first ...