Labour Movement

1- Mention some laws achieved by workers in England improving their work conditions.
The workers make strikes and demonstrations to achieve common goals: 8 hours labor, 8 hours recreation and 8 hours for rest.

2- What happened the first of May?
May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to several public holidays. In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers’ Day, or Labour Day, a day of political demonstrations and celebrations organised by the unions, communists, anarchists, and socialist groups. May Day is also a traditional holiday in many cultures.

May Day can refer to various labour celebrations conducted on May 1 that commemorate the fight for the eight hour day. May Day in this regard is called International Workers’ Day, or Labour Day . The idea for a "workers holiday" began in Australia in 1856; after a Stonemason's victory, April 22nd was "Eight-Hour Day", a public holiday. With the idea having spread around the world, the choice of May 1st became a commemoration by the Second International for the people involved in the 1886 Haymarket affair.

3- Look for information about the suffragettes. Who was Emily Davison?

Suffragette is a term originally coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late-19th and early-20th century movement for women’s suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU). However, after former and then active members of the movement began to reclaim the word, the term became a label without negative connotations. It derives from the word "suffrage", meaning the right to vote. They wanted to be involved in the running of the country and they wanted to be treated as equals to men.

Emily Wilding Davison also believed very strongly about suffrage and went to the extremes of killing herself by being trampled by King George V's horse, called Anmer, at the Epsom Derby on June 4, 1913. She died a few days later, on June 8. By the 1920's most women could vote and, in 1970, the fist Swiss woman was voted prime minister.