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City of Vancouver work day reduced to nine hours – May 26, 1890

City of Vancouver work day reduced to nine hours – May 26, 1890

Posted by By Posted in1890
Labourers for the Corporation of the City of Vancouver’s work day reduced from ten to nine hours daily. The fountain donated to the City by the Foundry and Machine Shops…
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Labor wants nine hour day, no chain gang on city contracts – March 17, 1890

Posted by By Posted in1890
Letter received from Joseph Dixon, President of the Trades and Labor Council asking the Council to discontinue Prison Labor on the Streets and to reduce the time of corporation Day…
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