May Day

Illustration in woodcut print style. Left panel shows a worker and is labeled 8 hours for work. Middle panel is someone sleeping, labeled 8 hours for rest. Right panel is people relaxing on a boat, one reading a newspaper. It is labeled 8 hours for what we will.I don’t know the origin of this poster. I do believe it is old. 100 years? 144 years? If I had more time for “What We Will” maybe I would do some research.

For now, here’s a link to a post on Medium written in 2017 on some of the history around the 8-hour workday.