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The Mill Strike of 1892 and the Origins of Organized Labor in Rhinelander
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:03:37
Publish Date: 2021-09-01 09:38:00
Description: Organized labor’s campaign for a ten-hour workday gained momentum in the 1870s and 1880s. The often-violent response to union demands in places like Chicago and Milwaukee served to make the public more open to union ideas. The Northwoods was slow to accept the inevitable, but by 1892 the push for a ten-hour workday hit Rhinelander.
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