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12 March 1949: Press Remembers First Eight Hours Day In Light Of Increasingly Irrelevant Anniversary
Explains the waning significance of the 8-Hour Day Movement and Anniversary, especially in relation to 'Labour Day'. Describes Labour Day processions through the city streets, and brief history of the 8-Hour Movement. Identifies Welshman, James…
12 May 1856: Grand Celebrations At The First Achievement Of The Eight Hour Day In Victoria
This handbill commemorates the first Eight Hours Procession, celebrated just weeks after Victorian stonemasons, for the first time in world history, established an eight-hour day. Extravagant entertainments and a banquet dinner entertained over 1200…