   neutral   No! It is not considered to be a national holiday here in the US, but in other countries it is.     neutral   Www, man!  
    neutral   In the nineteenth century, working conditions were appalling, with workers being forced to work ten, twelve, and fourteen hours a day. Support for the eight-hour work day movement was growing rapidly, despite the indifference and hostility of many union leaders, and by April 1886, 250,000 workers were involved in the May Day movement. Previous legislative attempts to improve working conditions had failed, so labor organizers took drastic measures. They passed a resolution stating that eight hours would constitute a legal day ’ s work. And, on May First 1886, the resolution took effect.     neutral   Cool! Is that why we only work eight hours now?  
    neutral   Yes! But the happy ending came at a high price.On May third, 1886, police fired into a crowd of strikers at the McCormick Reaper Works Factory, killing four and wounding many. A mass meeting was called for the next day to protest the brutality.     neutral   
 What did they think about unions back then, do you know anything? Did people get killed often
 Yeah! That must really have added fuel t0 the flame, huh? What happened afterwards