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Chicago’s May Day events celebrate workers’ struggle and solidarity

April 30, 2026
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May Day was born out of the fight for an eight-hour workday in Chicago. Over the preceding decade, an international movement had grown to regulate the length of a working day, which could often run around 16 hours. Joining the fight, the American Federation of Labor set May 1, 1886, as the date that U.S. [] The post Chicago’s May Day events celebrate workers’ struggle and solidarity appeared first on Chicago Reader.

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