In 1890s Russia, celebrations of May 1st, a traditional family holiday, became a target of government crackdowns. The day had become associated — and more scandalously, celebrated — by workers in solidarity with Chicago workers who’d used that day in 1886 to argue for an eight-hour workdays; on May 1 four years later, 10,000 workers in Warsaw went on strike.
In honor of tomorrow being May Day and me working tirelessly to balance my hours and output at P&T so that I’m not making less than minimum wage (that’s not a joke), this mailbag invite is short.