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[boilermaker55]

May Day Strike of 1886
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On May 1, 1886, 350,000 workers staged a nationwide work stoppage to demand the adoption of a standard eight-hour workday. Forty thousand workers struck in Chicago, Illinois; ten thousand struck in New York; eleven thousand struck in Detroit, Michigan. As many as thirty-two thousand workers struck in Cincinnati, Ohio, although some of these workers had been out on strike for several months before May 1.

The purpose of the May Day Strike was to bring pressure on employers and state governments to create an eight-hour workday. During this period, workers commonly spent twelve or more hours of each day at work. Unions, especially the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada -- the predecessor of the American Federation of Labor, encouraged workers to strike on May 1, 1886, to demonstrate the need for an eight-hour day. The strike was to last a single day, although numerous workers remained away from their jobs for several weeks
May Day Strike of 1886 - Ohio History Central - A product of the Ohio Historical Society

 

[LockeJaw]

Mayday! Mayday!

 

[Oddball]

 

[strollingbones]

i remember mayday play day then the russians did something that they celebrate on may 1st and asshole like oddball are too afraid to continue what was a great holiday

 

[Mr Natural]

Hey, donchaknow that only slackers work an eight-hour day.

 

[Oddball]

i remember mayday play day then the russians did something that they celebrate on may 1st and asshole like oddball are too afraid to continue what was a great holiday

Old and crusty a fossil as you are, the commies have celebrated International Workers' Day as for far longer than you've been around.

 

[strollingbones]

so do tell since you are what....3 years younger than me...but i love how you try to make yourself look so young and hip....

carry on you sorry excuse for a pile of mal

 

[The Infidel]

so do tell since you are what....3 years younger than me...but i love how you try to make yourself look so young and hip....

carry on you sorry excuse for a pile of mal

How about you stop killing the messenger and prove Oddball wrong.

Its a Communist holiday plain and simple.... but then again, whats new about Democrats joining forces with them.

 

[Oddball]

Hey, donchaknow that only slackers work an eight-hour day.

Yeah...And if it's one thing that the gulags were renowned for it's their excellent working conditions and generous pay/benefits packages!

 

[strollingbones]

the russian one started in 1917...may day was celebrated long before that...

May 1
Many of the customs associated with the first day of May may come from the old Roman Floralia, or festival of flowers. These include the gathering of branches and flowers on May Day Eve or early May Day morning, the choosing and crowning of a May Queen, and dancing around a bush, tree, or decorated pole, the maypole. The sports and festivities that are held on this day symbolize the rebirth of nature as well as human fertility. In fact, the ritual drinking and dancing around the maypole in colonial America so horrified the Pilgrim Fathers that they outlawed the practice and punished the offenders. This is probably why May Day has remained a relatively quiet affair in this country.


May Day definition of May Day in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

you have to do more than look at the first page of google

 

[Oddball]

so do tell since you are what....3 years younger than me...but i love how you try to make yourself look so young and hip....

Couldn't tell by looking at your picture or reading your sour depressing posts.

 

[strollingbones]

ahh such a judge fucking mental one you are

 

[theDoctorisIn]

so do tell since you are what....3 years younger than me...but i love how you try to make yourself look so young and hip....

carry on you sorry excuse for a pile of mal

How about you stop killing the messenger and prove Oddball wrong.

Its a Communist holiday plain and simple.... but then again, whats new about Democrats joining forces with them.

The Nazis celebrated Christmas.

Does that make Christmas a "Nazi" holiday?

 

[The Infidel]

the russian one started in 1917...may day was celebrated long before that...

May 1
Many of the customs associated with the first day of May may come from the old Roman Floralia, or festival of flowers. These include the gathering of branches and flowers on May Day Eve or early May Day morning, the choosing and crowning of a May Queen, and dancing around a bush, tree, or decorated pole, the maypole. The sports and festivities that are held on this day symbolize the rebirth of nature as well as human fertility. In fact, the ritual drinking and dancing around the maypole in colonial America so horrified the Pilgrim Fathers that they outlawed the practice and punished the offenders. This is probably why May Day has remained a relatively quiet affair in this country.


May Day definition of May Day in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

you have to do more than look at the first page of google

gathering of branches and flowers on May Day Eve or early May Day morning, the choosing and crowning of a May Queen, and dancing around a bush, tree, or decorated pole, the maypole.

So thats what OWS will be celebrating???

Your either naive or purposely acting ignorant.

 

[strollingbones]

no may day use to be a fun day in the us....has nothing to be with being naive or anything...fact


may day and the may pole.....sorry you cant accept that

 

[The Infidel]

so do tell since you are what....3 years younger than me...but i love how you try to make yourself look so young and hip....

carry on you sorry excuse for a pile of mal

How about you stop killing the messenger and prove Oddball wrong.

Its a Communist holiday plain and simple.... but then again, whats new about Democrats joining forces with them.

The Nazis celebrated Christmas.

Does that make Christmas a "Nazi" holiday?

Nice try dummy.


No it does'nt... but thanks for proving my point.

 

[Oddball]

the russian one started in 1917...may day was celebrated long before that...

May 1
Many of the customs associated with the first day of May may come from the old Roman Floralia, or festival of flowers. These include the gathering of branches and flowers on May Day Eve or early May Day morning, the choosing and crowning of a May Queen, and dancing around a bush, tree, or decorated pole, the maypole. The sports and festivities that are held on this day symbolize the rebirth of nature as well as human fertility. In fact, the ritual drinking and dancing around the maypole in colonial America so horrified the Pilgrim Fathers that they outlawed the practice and punished the offenders. This is probably why May Day has remained a relatively quiet affair in this country.


May Day definition of May Day in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

you have to do more than look at the first page of google

gathering of branches and flowers on May Day Eve or early May Day morning, the choosing and crowning of a May Queen, and dancing around a bush, tree, or decorated pole, the maypole.

So thats what OWS will be celebrating???

Your either naive or purposely acting ignorant.

The Christians stole the winter solstice...Commies hijacked May Day.

Leave it to modern man to suck all the joy out of paganism.

 

[ScreamingEagle]

May Day Strike of 1886
Home »History »Events »May Day Strike of 1886
On May 1, 1886, 350,000 workers staged a nationwide work stoppage to demand the adoption of a standard eight-hour workday. Forty thousand workers struck in Chicago, Illinois; ten thousand struck in New York; eleven thousand struck in Detroit, Michigan. As many as thirty-two thousand workers struck in Cincinnati, Ohio, although some of these workers had been out on strike for several months before May 1.

The purpose of the May Day Strike was to bring pressure on employers and state governments to create an eight-hour workday. During this period, workers commonly spent twelve or more hours of each day at work. Unions, especially the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada -- the predecessor of the American Federation of Labor, encouraged workers to strike on May 1, 1886, to demonstrate the need for an eight-hour day. The strike was to last a single day, although numerous workers remained away from their jobs for several weeks
May Day Strike of 1886 - Ohio History Central - A product of the Ohio Historical Society

May Day has been celebrated since before Jesus Christ.....the "green roots" of May Day originated with springtime celebrations by pagans, Germans, Romans, Celts, etc.

it's not surprising that the "red roots" of May Day originated in Chicago (Obamaland) in 1886 with the Haymarket Massacre and the subsequent May Day riots by the Socialist red commie workers groups......

 

[The Infidel]

no may day use to be a fun day in the us....has nothing to be with being naive or anything...fact


may day and the may pole.....sorry you cant accept that

Not any longer....

Occupy Wall Street Plans May Day Bridge and Tunnel Blockade in NYC | TheBlaze.com

educate yourself on what they are about, and you will see you are wrong about THIS celebration.

They are in bed with communists and anarchists just like the DEMS are!

 

[theDoctorisIn]

How about you stop killing the messenger and prove Oddball wrong.

Its a Communist holiday plain and simple.... but then again, whats new about Democrats joining forces with them.

The Nazis celebrated Christmas.

Does that make Christmas a "Nazi" holiday?

Nice try dummy.


No it does'nt... but thanks for proving my point.

How does my comment "prove your point"?

And why do you always post in Comic Sans?