Happy Labor Day. In this episode Alyssa tells Molly McAleer about the Haymarket Affair and the origin of the 8-hour work day.
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Show Notes:
Illinois Labor History Society: The Haymarket Affair Encyclopedia of Chicago History: Haymarket and May Day
WTTW: HAYMARKET AFFAIR HANGINGS
Britannica: Haymarket Affair
WCCO: Good Question: How did we get the 8-hour work day?
Chicago Cop: HAYMARKET SQUARE RIOT
Chicago Sun-Times: Haymarket blast shook the world - 100 years later, Chicago remembered
Chicago Reader: Haymarket Revisited
Chicago Tribune: HAYMARKET RIOT REMEMBERED
PBS: The Anarchists and the Haymarket Square Incident
Second City Sinners
Chicago Tribune: STILL-HEARD VOICES: HAYMARKET MONUMENT GETS LANDMARK STATUS
CPD: Haymarket Statue Rededication Ceremony at Police Headquarters
The Haymarket Memorial
Chicago Tribune: SITE OF HAYMARKET RIOT PROPOSED FOR LABOR PARK
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