They took to the streets to call for improved living standards
held their first May Day marches and rallies. Here thousands gathered to demand an eight hour day - because they were having to work harder and for longer hours to make ends meet. Does this Sound familiar? Well it should, because when the Tories say ‘if you want more money you’ll just have to work harder’, this is where they want to turn the clock back to. To a time before trade unions, to a time without rights, to a time when people were super exploited for the profit of a few.
"Last year alone five million UK workers took on a second job. Today we will hear from workers on the front line of pushing back the relentless pushing down of our pay and living standards and from our political allies in the
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