Chicago unionists, reformers, socialists, anarchists, and ordinary workers combined to make the city the center of the national movement for an eight-hour day
Chicago unionists, reformers, socialists, anarchists, and ordinary workers combined to make the city the center of the national movement for an eight-hour day
The newly organized National Labor Union called on Congress to mandate an eight-hour workday
Illinois is First to Enact 8 hour law
The Riot at McCormicks Reaper Works
A bomb is thrown in Haymarket Square during a strike
