On this day, 19 March 1856, stonemasons in Sydney, Australia, achieved the 8-hour work day. It was one of the earliest such victories in the world, and spurred further working class protest for a reduction in the length of the working day elsewhere in Australia and around the world.
Pictured: an 8-hour banner in Melbourne that year
This is our podcast episode about the radical IWW union in Australia, formed 50 years later: https://ift.tt/2UJWkU6 https://ift.tt/2Ctcbzt