The eight-hour day movement (also known as the 40-hour week movement or the short-time movement) was a social movement to regulate the length of a working...

the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest. In most countries, Labour Day is...

Reduction of hours of work may refer to: Six-hour day, proposed as an alternative to a four-day week Eight-hour day movement, a former social movement to regulate...

The 40-hour week movement, or eight-hour day movement, was a social movement to regulate the length of a working day. 40-hour week may also refer to: Forty-Hour...

unionist who was a leading figure in the successful and influential eight hour day movement in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Springfield, Fife, Scotland...

Chartist, and Australian trade unionist who was active in the eight-hour day movement in the 1850s. Stephens was born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in south...

the Ipswich Workers' Political Union, and was involved in the eight-hour day movement in provincial Queensland. His political activities, particularly...

The movement for a recognised right to rest, play and have leisure time. can be traced back to the 19th century and the eight-hour day movement. As early...

8 hours of spare time, 8 hours of rest, 8 hours of sleep (a parody of a popular slogan of the eight-hour day movement: "Eight hours' labour, Eight hours'...

movement, focusing on winning wage rises and keeping the ALH away from broader trade union struggles of the time, notably the Eight-Hour Day movement...

to the widespread eight-hour day, or any other time arrangement. It has also been proposed as a better alternative to the four-day week, another proposed...

its origins in the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest. On 21 April 1856...

many workers may not know is that May Day had its origins here at Haymarket, and in the Eight Hour Day movement that emerged after the Civil War." Recounting...

The 1872 New York City eight hour day strike was one of the first citywide strikes for the eight hour day in North America. More than 100,000 workers in...

of the Labour movement in South Australia (Wakefield Press, 1985). Niland, John. "The birth of the movement for an eight hour working day in New South...

figure in labor movement in the United States during the late 19th century. He is best known as a leading advocate of the eight-hour work day. The effect...

popularity. The Eight Hour Day Movement demonstration processions, popular in the early 1900s, were followed by Labour Day and May Day Marches held by...

customary five-day workweek. This arrangement can be a part of flexible working hours, and is sometimes used to cut costs. The four-day week movement has grown...

worker's base wage, for each hour of work past forty. California also applies this rule to work in excess of eight hours per day, but exemptions and exceptions...

extended the history of the eight-hour day movement to colonial times. The authors argued that debate over the length of the work-day or work-week has been...

was the Eight Hour Day movement, which was initiated in Queensland in 1858 by stonemasons working for John Petrie in Brisbane. The movement remained...

hours in the day. But since it is physically impossible to exploit the same individual labour-power constantly, during the night as well as the day,...

clocks were made with two types of movement: eight-day and one-day (30-hour) movements. A clock with an eight-day movement required winding only once a week...

Australian Eight Hour Day movement. The program of more than 15 events was developed by the Victorian Trades Hall Council's Eight Hour Day 150th Anniversary...

coveted by the German labour movement. Among the stipulations of the treaty were the introduction of the eight-hour working day, the recognition of the trade...

international demonstration" in support of working-class demands for the eight-hour day. The date was chosen by the American Federation of Labor to commemorate...

early New Zealand settler often credited with the establishment of the eight-hour day in New Zealand. Parnell was born in London, England, on 19 February...

an 8-hour working day. In 1871 workers in France rebelled and the Paris Commune was formed. From the mid-19th century onward the labour movement became...

Standards Act (労働基準法) of 1947 provides for an eight-hour work day and 40-hour workweek with at least one day off per week. The act requires a premium of...

referendum vote for the eight-hour day with support from 72 percent of Colorado's electorate, the WFM's goal of an eight-hour law was still defeated by...