Remembering those killed in Milwaukee and Chicago, demonstrating for the 8-hour day.
The Eight-Hour Song:
We mean to make things over;
We're tired of toil for naught
But bare enough to live on: never
an hour for thought.
We want to feel the sunshine; we
want to smell the flowers;
We're sure that God has will it,
and we mean to have eight hours.
We're summoning our forces from
shipyard, shop, and mill:
Eight hours for work, eight hours
for rest, eight hours for what we will.
Four workers were hanged by the state of Illinois for their participation in the demonstration: Albert Parsons, August Spies, George Engel, Adolph Fischer.
Spies is quoted as saying, "Here you will tread upon a spark, but there and there, behind you and in front ofyou, and everywhere flames blaze up. It is a subterranean fire. You cannot put it out."
Voces de la Frontera is calling for all to stand up for justice with a two-day strike to show politicians & corporate America that immigrants and Latinz workers are essential.
Sunday, May1st: Milwaukee march to the office of Senator Ron Johnson, meet at 8th & Mitchell11:00 am
Monday, May 2nd: Madison Lobby Day at the Capitol, meet at 11:00 a.m.
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