Long lasting effects of this tragedy on the U.S. labor movement

During the later 1800s industrial workers across the U.S. pushed for shorter work hours and work weeks
– initially, to reduce their time to 10 hours a day, six days a week, and later, efforts to obtain an 8 hour
workday). This “8-hour workday” movement was, at least in part, a reflection of workers’ hopes of
having some time for family and recreation in addition to their labor. In the spring of 1886 the focus on
this initiative focused on the city of Chicago. What actions occurred as part of the Haymarket Square
tragedy, and what were the long lasting effects of this tragedy on the U.S. labor movement?