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The meme is a humorous comparison between the 8-hour workday and the 8-hour workday of World War I soldiers. The text reads: "The 8-hour day was invented by the workers of the 1917 Russian Revolution, not by the kind employers of the time. The 8-hour day was invented by the workers of the 1917 Russian Revolution, not by the kind employers of the time."

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2023-05-10T21:03:32+00:00

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“4 Howard Zinn @ Historian, author of “A People’s History of the United States” The labor movement, the 8-hour day was not won by the kindness of employers deciding to give the 8-hour day or by the initiative of government. Not at all. The 8-hour day was won by workers in the 19th century and 20th century going out on strike, facing the National Guard and the army, and struggling and changing the conditions of their lives.