Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1892 — Tho Eight-Hour Labor Law. [ARTICLE]

Tho Eight-Hour Labor Law.

In the State of Illinois eight hours is a legal day’s work in all mechanical employments, except on farms and where otherwise The law does not apply to service by the day, week, or month, or prevent contracts for longer hours. Eight hours constitutes a day’s work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by the United States Government. In the States of Alabama, California, Idaho, Connecticut, Indiana, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Wyoming there has already been legislation upon the eight-hour movement, especially where laborers and mechanics are doing work for the State. But, generally, contracts for longer time are permitted and the rule cannot apply to farm work. In Pennsylvania twelve hours constitute a day’s labor with street-car companies.