Labour Day celebrations in Perth County

In 1872 typesetters and printers working at the Toronto Globe newspaper went on strike. They were seeking a reduced work week. At the time it wasn’t uncommon to be expected to work twelve or more hours a day, six days a week. Their reasonable request was to cut back to nine-hour work days resulting in…

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Betty Jo Belton