A fair day's wage for a fair day's work
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A fair day's wage for a fair day's work is an objective of the labour movement, trade unions and other workers' groups, to increase pay, and adopt reasonable hours of work. It is a slogan and motto
of the American Federation of Labor
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Motto
A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...
of the American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
The American Federation of Labor was one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association. Samuel Gompers was elected president of the Federation at its...
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