On this day in 1857, New York City garment workers protested against inhumane working conditions, low wages, and for equal rights for women, an event that is commemorated annually as International Women's Day. Their protest was attacked and broken up by police, but the labor action led to the creation of the first women's labor union.

On the same day in 1908, 15,000 women marched in NYC for shorter work hours, better pay, voting rights, and an end to child labor. The slogan "Bread and Roses" emerged from the protest, with bread symbolizing economic security and roses for better living standards.

International Women's Day in 1917 was also the date of the Russian February Revolution, in which workers celebrating International Women's Day joined protests and riots against food rationing, with more than 50,000 people in the streets. The protests grew quickly and developed revolutionary fervor, eventually overthrowing the monarchy.

International Women's Day (then International Working Women's Day) was introduced during the 1910 International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen, Denmark. Clara Zetkin, a German socialist, suggested a holiday honoring the strike of garment workers in the U.S. The proposal received unanimous approval from the 100 women from 17 countries.

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  • makotech222 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Got a nice 23k bonus from work + 4% raise. hell yea boys, give it up for the do-nothing office workers

    • Acute_Engles [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Damn that's like an incomprehensible amount of money to me. You received it all at once?

            • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Holy shit. My rent is 14,000 a year for half a house outside of town and that's a deal. I cannot imagine trying to find housing on less than 28k/year (our minimum wage).

              • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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                2 years ago

                i live in social housing in one of the poorest areas of the country and my rent alone is 65% of my income, no utilities included
                and i'm relatively lucky to even get social housing, a lot of people in a similar position are on waiting lists for years
                it's grim

      • makotech222 [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yes, but also before taxes, which will take a significant chunk