Labour disputes
![1915 Crowds in George Street pass St Andrews Cathedral at Sydney Town Hall](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/49982aaa8ae39b8a51ca19a01ea7f523e615cce3-5000x1203.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
On This Day
Eight-hour day procession, 1915
The Labour Day public holiday is a day celebrating the eight-hour work day. The eight-hour work day was a long time coming - a working day could be up to 16 hours a day and six days a week
![A large group of men stand in front of a train carriage at the Eveleigh Workshops in 1917](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/88189e5117130d462bb3946522fe6e9afa118636-1688x1312.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike
On 2 August 1917 the General Strike began. It started in the Randwick Rail Workshops & Eveleigh Carriage Workshops & quickly spread to other industries until about 100,000 workers were on strike