Philadelphia General Strike Wins Ten-Hour Workday for 17 Trades Despite Court Hostility to Labor Organizing
Workers from seventeen different trades in Philadelphia stage a general strike demanding a ten-hour workday, achieving victory after three weeks when the City Council agrees to institute ten-hour days for municipal workers and private employers soon announce they will implement the shorter workday …
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