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A labor movement in Chicago in 1894 left 30 Pullman workers dead, and later spurred Congress and President Grover Cleveland to pass a bill creating Labor Day. But the history of this holiday is rarely taught in schools, and there are few full-time labor journalists to write about working class communities.
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Workers’ rights have been one of the oldest debated topics in the history of the world, with many twists and turns throughout the years. It is even still contested to this day in many countries, with several cases argued in higher judicial authorities of a country to establish precedents and reclaim workers’ rights. These are some surprising facts about the history of workers’ rights.
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