The Real History of May Day
by Sam Blum from Lifehacker on (#5H4VQ)
For most Americans, closing their laptop or clocking out at the end of an eight-hour shift at a restaurant or construction site is the norm, give or take a half-hour or so for lunch. And as tiring as a day of work can be, it's easy to forget that over a century ago, people died to afford us the right to an eight-hour...