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- Throughout world history, strikes have made substantive changes to better working conditions.
- Australian stonemason demonstrations paved the way for the 8-hour workday.
- Striking in the modern era continues to aim for equal payment and protections for workers.
Since 1156 BC, there has been some form of protest demanding better wages and working conditions for workers.
Over time, workdays have changed, and pay scales have altered, but the power of a strike has remained the same. Strikes have halted economies, created the eight-hour workday, saved lives, and, in some cases, cost lives.