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Bernie Sanders: “We want an eight hour day.”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Bernie Sanders' May Day Speech in Philadelphia on Workers' Rights and Oligarchy

Published | Video Starts at 02:53

And workers then stood up to their very powerful bosses and said, you know what, we don't want to be slaves. We don't want to work 60, 70 hours a week. We want an eight hour day. And throughout our history, workers stood up and they said, you know what? Children should not be working in factories or in the fields. They should be in good schools. (02:53–02:56)

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Asserts that workers historically demanded an eight-hour workday.

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