wet forest moon folklorist on Nostr: US capitalists executed the leaders of the May 1 1886 strike for an 8 hr work day. In ...

US capitalists executed the leaders of the May 1 1886 strike for an 8 hr work day. In 1889 socialists declared May 1 Int'l Workers Day to honor them, creating a beloved holiday worldwide, but not in the US, where Labor Day was moved to September to erase workers' struggle from the public mind.

#LaborDay

https://apwu.org/news/labor-history-may-day-fighting-eight-hour-day/