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George Rainess 1884 - 1979

George Rainess of Far Rockaway, Queens County, NY was born on September 29, 1884, and died at age 94 years old in July 1979.

George Rainess

Far Rockaway, Queens County, NY 11691

September 29, 1884

July 1979

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September 29, 1884

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July 1979

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In 1884, in the year that George Rainess was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.

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In 1904, he was 20 years old when the United States acquired the Panama Canal Zone. Now an unincorporated territory of the U.S., the Canal Zone had been previously held by the French, who were constructing a canal. The U.S. took over the construction of the Panama Canal and it was finally finished in 1914, when it was opened to commercial shipping. The United States held the Canal Zone until 1979.

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