Today in Labor History Aug 20 Federal employees became the first workers to enjoy the 8-hour workday

[Omaha Steve]

Posted a day late. I was busy yesterday. :-)

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_08_20_2010

August 20, 1862 - Federal employees became the first workers to enjoy the eight-hour workday, after Congress approved legislation on this day in 1862. However, it wasn't until 1923, when the Carnegie Steel Corporation instituted an eight-hour workday, that the movement for a shorter workday took hold. Subsequently, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the eight-hour workday a part of his New Deal legislation.