Labour disputes
On This Day
Eight-hour day procession, 1915
The Labour Day public holiday is a day celebrating the eight-hour work day. The eight-hour work day was a long time coming - a working day could be up to 16 hours a day and six days a week
Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike
On 2 August 1917 the General Strike began. It started in the Randwick Rail Workshops & Eveleigh Carriage Workshops & quickly spread to other industries until about 100,000 workers were on strike