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Monday 11 th March 2019


Cbdave

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Greetings fellow NOPErs... and welcome to Labour Day (well if you live down under, and live in Victoria or Tassie). Did you know depending on where you live in Australia there are 4 possible dates that you can be celebrating labour  or eight hour day? Well its true, but here's the hot ticket, the Vics are on the money.... did you hear that?, that was the sound of all the hairs standing up on the back of Cbdave's neck.... the rest of Australia just refuses to except the fact that the Vics are the best but its true.... take Labour Day... why do we celebrate it (anywhere in the world).... we celebrate it to recognise the achievements of the labour and union movements of the world. The celebration of Labour Day has its origins in the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest. On 21 April 1856 Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne, Australia, stopped work and marched from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day. Their direct action protest was a success, and they are noted as the first organised workers in the world to achieve an eight-hour day with no loss of pay, which subsequently inspired the celebration of Labour Day. But why if the march that won the battle took place on 21 April do we celebrate on 2nd Monday in March.... because it was on this day, a year later that legislation was passed in parliament that all works, not just trades men, would receive the benefits of an 8 hour day.

 

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