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Thumbnail from title in Labour Day Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Labour Day Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Labour Day Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Labour Day Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Labour Day Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Labour Day Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Labour Day Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Labour Day Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Labour Day Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Labour Day Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Labour Day Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Labour Day Collection | NZ On Screen

Labour Day Collection

Labour Day Collection

Labour Day commemorates the struggle for an eight-hour working day. Kiwi workers were among the first in the world to claim this right — in 1840, carpenter Samuel Parnell won an eight-hour day for workers in Wellington. This collection brings together 20 titles that involve Kiwi working life: from economic revolutions and an industrial dispute negotiated live on air (Post Office Go Slow), to public service comedy Gliding On and a portrait of union leader Ken Douglas.