Chicago’s May Day events celebrate workers’ struggle and solidarity

May Day was born out of the fight for an eight-hour workday in Chicago. Over the preceding decade, an international movement had grown to regulate the length of a working day, which could often run around 16 hours. Joining the fight, the American Federation of Labor set May 1, 1886, as the date that U.S. […] The post Chicago’s May Day events celebrate workers’ struggle and solidarity appeared first on Chicago Reader.