Peter Riley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@workingclasshistory/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>workingclasshistory</span></a></span> </p><p>On 21 April 1856, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stonemasons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stonemasons</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Melbourne</span></a>, Australia, went on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> demanding a maximum eight-hour working day – down from 10 hours per day Monday-Friday with eight hours on Saturday.<br>They marched from their construction site, the Old Quadrangle building at the University of Melbourne, brandishing a banner demanding “8 hours work, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest”.</p><p><a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9337/melbourne-8-hour-day-strike" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stories.workingclasshistory.co</span><span class="invisible">m/article/9337/melbourne-8-hour-day-strike</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/8HourDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>8HourDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workingclasshistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclasshistory</span></a></p>