Nine Hours Strike
| Nine Hours Strike | |||
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| Date | August 1871 | ||
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| Goals | 9 hour work days | ||
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The Nine Hours Strike was an 1871 engineering labour dispute in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Its name referred to the engineers' demand for an average working day to be at most nine hours, following the Factories Act 1847.