What the records say
- When
- 4 May 1886
- Kind
- Riot
- Deaths
- 7
- Coordinates
- 43.00° N, 87.89° W
- Description
- Eight hour work week labor action in the USA
Bay View massacre
Violence at labor strike in Milwaukee
The Bay View massacre was the result of a strike held on May 4, 1886, by 7,000 building-trades workers and 5,000 Polish laborers who had organized at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to strike against their employers, demanding the enforcement of an eight-hour work day.
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