Poster - Employment: 888
TitlePoster - Employment: 888
ReferencePOSTER/SUBJ/EMPLOY/0015
Date
n.d.
Scope and ContentPoster with an image of three eights and the text: After 100 years of a 60 to 90 hour working week which was the weekly average demanded by the industrial revolution, the International Association of Working Men (the First International) call for the three eights: 8 hours for work, 8 hours of leisure, 8 hours for sleep. The three eights was the theme called for the first May Day or International Labour Day rallies in Chicago in 1882 and in London in 1890
Extent1 poster
Physical descriptionDimensions (WxH): 64cm x 45cm. Paper. Colour.
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordInternational Workingmen's Association
SubjectHours of work, May Day
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationAA Posters Drawer 25 - Employment Folder 1 (Room 30)