Labour Day traces back to the 1872 Toronto Typographical Union strike for the nine-hour day — and Adam D.K. King argues that writing it off as an establishment invention misses where it came from.
He sets out what the modern version of those demands looks like: higher wages, wider unionisation, real protections for gig and migrant workers, and shorter hours closer to the Nordic standard.
Originally published by The Maple.
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