Rough Draft Exhibit Plan
Introduction:
During the American Labor Movement, many workers were affected by the unequal opportunities as employers. Workers were not receiving the proper work hours a day. Many were either working for long periods of time or not enough time. This affected their financial sustainability to the extent where activists were taking a step to fight for their work rights in the movement, specifically the aiming towards the Haymarket Affair, that set back the 8 hour work day for employers, that not only affected the city of Chicago at first, but spread throughout the states and now globally, leaving a successful mark on the labor movement.
Thesis Statement:
The exploration of the workers by striking and how the Haymarket …show more content…
But such historic event did not happen so smoothly. Rioters, proclaimed what they exactly wanted by aiming towards their enemies, which were cops, or others who were against their sayings and marches and use violence as a form of revenge or weapon of protection while marching. This issue caused on impact on the Chicago Policemen who were commonly bombed or threaten by the …show more content…
By granting the 8 hour work day, along with fair rights for workers. The Haymarket affair was a setback for the American labor movement and its fight for the eight-hour day but at the same time it created a tremendous pressure behind this fight. In 1889, President Samuel Gompers propose to the first Congress of Second International (meeting of 20 countries in Paris) an international fight for a universal eight hour work day. Second International adopted a resolution for a “great international demonstration” on a specific date. As a result, Second International adopted May 1 as the date for this demonstration. The second purpose from this resolution was to honor the memory of the Hay Market Martyrs. The first International May Day was a spectacular success. The front page of New York World on May 2, 1890 was devoted to this event. The influence of the Hay Market event was not limited to the celebration of May day. Famous political activists around the world became inspired and attracted to anarchism. The Hay Market affair became a symbol of the international struggle for workers’ rights. Most importantly the Hay Market events awakened the social conscience of hundred thousands of people around the
Introduction:
During the American Labor Movement, many workers were affected by the unequal opportunities as employers. Workers were not receiving the proper work hours a day. Many were either working for long periods of time or not enough time. This affected their financial sustainability to the extent where activists were taking a step to fight for their work rights in the movement, specifically the aiming towards the Haymarket Affair, that set back the 8 hour work day for employers, that not only affected the city of Chicago at first, but spread throughout the states and now globally, leaving a successful mark on the labor movement.
Thesis Statement:
The exploration of the workers by striking and how the Haymarket …show more content…
But such historic event did not happen so smoothly. Rioters, proclaimed what they exactly wanted by aiming towards their enemies, which were cops, or others who were against their sayings and marches and use violence as a form of revenge or weapon of protection while marching. This issue caused on impact on the Chicago Policemen who were commonly bombed or threaten by the …show more content…
By granting the 8 hour work day, along with fair rights for workers. The Haymarket affair was a setback for the American labor movement and its fight for the eight-hour day but at the same time it created a tremendous pressure behind this fight. In 1889, President Samuel Gompers propose to the first Congress of Second International (meeting of 20 countries in Paris) an international fight for a universal eight hour work day. Second International adopted a resolution for a “great international demonstration” on a specific date. As a result, Second International adopted May 1 as the date for this demonstration. The second purpose from this resolution was to honor the memory of the Hay Market Martyrs. The first International May Day was a spectacular success. The front page of New York World on May 2, 1890 was devoted to this event. The influence of the Hay Market event was not limited to the celebration of May day. Famous political activists around the world became inspired and attracted to anarchism. The Hay Market affair became a symbol of the international struggle for workers’ rights. Most importantly the Hay Market events awakened the social conscience of hundred thousands of people around the