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<v Speaker 1>On this term working class history the seventh of January

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<v Speaker 1>and on the seventh of January nineteen thirteen, a strike

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<v Speaker 1>for the eight hour day began in Peru, two days

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<v Speaker 1>after workers had presented their demands agreed by workers assemblies

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<v Speaker 1>to employers. When their demands were not met, workers organized

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<v Speaker 1>in the Peruvian Regional Workers Federation Union walked out in Kalau.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a total stoppage of industry as dockers, gas workers,

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<v Speaker 1>mill workers, typographers, bakers, bricklayers, textile workers and others all

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<v Speaker 1>came out on strike and took to the streets waving

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<v Speaker 1>red and black flags. Workers in Lima also joined the strike.

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<v Speaker 1>The government sent in troops to repress the workers, but

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<v Speaker 1>the strike continued. On the tenth of January, the Darsana

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<v Speaker 1>doc and Steamship company in Kalal caved in and implemented

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<v Speaker 1>a maximum eight hour working day. Organizing and further strikes

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<v Speaker 1>for a universal.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight hour day continued, and the sources maps and all

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<v Speaker 1>The music by De card See you Tomorrow,