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LABOUR DAY - OPENING HOURS - MONDAY 14TH MARCH 2016

13/3/2016

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Please note that this Monday 14th March 2016 is Labour Day -
The Box will be open from 6am - 10am.
We will be running one CF WOD at 7am and one Body Blast session at 8.30am.
Teens please note there will be no 4pm class on this day however you are encouraged to come along at either 7am or 8.30 to participate in the Workout of the day.

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JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T REALISE.....

Labour Day is an Australian public holiday originally called Eight Hours Day. It celebrates the achievements of organised labour on behalf of the worker to bring about the 8-hour day in the late 1850s.

Previously workers were required to work long hours each week . . . 10 to 12 hours a day six days a week. While a change was made to the hours worked each day, the five day work week we enjoy today took almost a century longer to be adopted finally in 1948.

If look closely you may spot the numbers 888 on many union buildings across Australia. The numbers are in support of British socialist Robert Owen who believed that people should have 8 hours to work, 8 hours for recreation and 8 hours to sleep. This philosophy helped foster The Eight Hours Movement.

The first Labour Day parade was held in Melbourne on April 21st, 1856. Today parades across Australia remind us of the accomplishments made by the unions on behalf of the workers. Australians now enjoy better working conditions than any time in our history.

Labour Day is celebrated at different times across Australia because each state achieved the 8-hour day on different dates.


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