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April 25, 2024

Today in 1886
The New York Times declares the struggle for an eight-hour workday to be “un-American” and calls public demonstrations for the shorter hours “Labor disturbances brought about by foreigners.” Other publications declare that an eight-hour workday would bring about “loafing and gambling, rioting, debauchery and drunkenness.” 
~ Labor Tribune

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A Bigger Economic Pie, but a Smaller Slice for Half of the U.S.
Posted On: Dec 08, 2016

Dec. 8, 2016  | ECONOMY |  … Even with all the setbacks from recessions, burst bubbles and vanishing industries, the United States has still pumped out breathtaking riches over the last three and a half decades. The real economy more than doubled in size... Yet for half of all Americans, their share of the economic pie has shrunk significantly, new research has found… nytimes.com


 
 
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