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In what year did the eight-hour work day become law in the united states?.

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The first law in the United States that called for an eight-hour work day was passed in Illinois in 1867. In 1926, as many history scholars know, Henry Ford possibly influenced by US labor unions instituted an eight-hour work day for some of his employees.
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It was in the year 1916 with the Adamson Act

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