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July 3, 1835
http://nhlabornews.com/2013/07/july-3-1835/
By Today In Labor History | July 3, 2013
More than 2,000 workers—many of whom were children—from 20 textile mills in Paterson, New Jersey, go on strike demanding shorter working hours (from the 13 1/2-hour days they were working to 11 hours). Employers refused to negotiate and broke the strike by unilaterally declaring a reduction in work hours to twelve hours daily during the week and nine hours on Saturdays.
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About Today In Labor History
The NHLN has joined with multiple other websites to help highlight some of the struggles that workers have faced throughout our history. We want everyone to know what the workers of the past had to endure for the rights we take for granted now. If you do not learn from the past, you are doomed to repeat it.