eight-day in the PONS Dictionary

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The strike involved demands for establishment of an eight-hour day and improved working conditions.
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Freedom of assembly, speech, press, and religion were decreed and an eight-hour day for government employees was established.
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The eight-hour day was not achieved nationally until the 1920s.
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But significant overtime is usually the result of a high volume in new orders using up the eight-hour day.
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The eight-hour day was declared for all workers.
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It struggled for the eight-hour day, achieving a nine-hour work day in 1905.
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Because of this push for the eight-hour day, doors were open for reform of other unfair treatments of laborers.
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It also provided protection for women and children, the eight-hour day, and a living wage.
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Working to reform the eight-hour day paid off eventually and continues on today.
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This meeting is seen as the genesis of the eight-hour day movement.
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