https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=6178192&GUID=50A4878E-6818-413B-8E55-2817D8FBCAD3Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=6178192&GUID=50A4878E-6818-413B-8E55-2817D8FBCAD350A4878E-6818-413B-8E55-2817D8FBCAD3-2023-05-16-21-55-30Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING MAY 1 AS INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY WHEREAS, on May 1, 1886, more than 300,000 U.S.-born and immigrant workers walked off their jobs to demand a shorter workday; and WHEREAS, the epicenter of the movement was Chicago where 80,000 workers marched down Michigan Avenue arm-in-arm, their cry: "Eight-hour day with not cut in pay;" and WHEREAS, three days later, on May 4, 1886, a peaceful rally for the eight-hour workday and a protest against the previous attacks on striking workers by police were held at Haymarket Square; and WHEREAS, an unknown assailant threw a bomb into the crowd at the rally, killing one police officer, and resulting in a violent confrontation which left six officers and several workers dead; and WHEREAS, labor activists, socialists, and anarchists were blamed for the "incident," and eight men were arrested and wrongfully convicted; and WHEREAS, four of those eight men - August Spies, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, and Albert Parsons - were executed in a grave act of injustice, and a fifth, Louis Lingg was found dead Tue, 16 May 2023 21:55:30 GMT