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Editorial
September 30, 1918
The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
What is this article about?
The editorial praises the United States Steel Corporation's acceptance of the eight-hour workday for its plant workers, marking a significant labor advance after years of opposition and conflict, with improved wages and conditions, and a shift in focus to wartime unity.
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EIGHT HOURS IN STEEL
The United States Steel Corporation has announced its acceptance of the basic eight hour day for workers in its plants. This marks the greatest advance made by the eight-hour day since the Adamson law put railroad employees on that basis.
For long years there were no stronger or more successful opponents of the short work day in America than the Steel Corporation and its subsidiaries. Bitterly they fought union labor and all its demands. The Homestead massacre was not the only battle which emphasized the bitterness of the industrial struggle. And now, seemingly, the lion and the lamb have lain down together. All the fighting activities of both steel employer and employee is to be directed at the HUN "over there" and not at each other in steel mills here at home.
The American Federation of Labor has announced its program of organizing steel workers, and the Steel Trust has not complained. Wages have gone higher than ever before, working conditions are better, and now the eight-hour day has come for workers in steel.
Labor has well earned its steel victory.
A little exercise warms the body as well as a shovel of coal.
The United States Steel Corporation has announced its acceptance of the basic eight hour day for workers in its plants. This marks the greatest advance made by the eight-hour day since the Adamson law put railroad employees on that basis.
For long years there were no stronger or more successful opponents of the short work day in America than the Steel Corporation and its subsidiaries. Bitterly they fought union labor and all its demands. The Homestead massacre was not the only battle which emphasized the bitterness of the industrial struggle. And now, seemingly, the lion and the lamb have lain down together. All the fighting activities of both steel employer and employee is to be directed at the HUN "over there" and not at each other in steel mills here at home.
The American Federation of Labor has announced its program of organizing steel workers, and the Steel Trust has not complained. Wages have gone higher than ever before, working conditions are better, and now the eight-hour day has come for workers in steel.
Labor has well earned its steel victory.
A little exercise warms the body as well as a shovel of coal.
What sub-type of article is it?
Labor
What keywords are associated?
Eight Hour Day
Steel Workers
Labor Victory
United States Steel
American Federation Labor
Homestead Massacre
Wartime Unity
What entities or persons were involved?
United States Steel Corporation
American Federation Of Labor
Steel Workers
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Acceptance Of Eight Hour Day In Steel Industry
Stance / Tone
Celebratory Of Labor Victory
Key Figures
United States Steel Corporation
American Federation Of Labor
Steel Workers
Key Arguments
Steel Corporation Accepts Eight Hour Day As Major Advance Since Adamson Law
End Of Long Opposition To Short Workday And Union Demands
Shift From Internal Industrial Conflict To Wartime Unity Against The 'Hun'
Improved Wages And Working Conditions
Labor Has Earned This Victory