{"id":41410,"date":"2025-10-09T11:17:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/?page_id=41410"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:52:08","slug":"the-early-labor-movement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/library-archive\/the-early-labor-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"The Early Labor Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-align-wide standout-subtitle-type\">Labor history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">The Early Labor Movement<\/h1>\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"standout-section standout-block standout-slider is-aligned alignfull wp-elements-22722cc6def764840a148a2391e327c5 has-bg has-text-color\" data-block-id=\"block_0d6a94ea3274476ffb84458f37bf2128\" style=\"--block-background-color: transparent; --block-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--color-white); --standout-block-gap: var(--gap-m); --slider-columns: 1;\" data-columns=\"1\" data-slider=\"{&quot;slidesToShow&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;dots&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;arrows&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;adaptiveHeight&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplaySpeed&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;fade&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;custom_input_data&quot;:[{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;centerPadding&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:&quot;23%&quot;}],&quot;centerMode&quot;:&quot;true&quot;}\" data-slider-responsive=\"false\">\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"standout-max-container\">\t\n\n<div class=\"standout-block-inner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container is-slick-slider\">\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"standout-block standout-slide-element is-aligned alignwide\" data-block-id=\"block_49092b92661d7cc34ef2b261f30c0352\" style=\"--block-background-color: transparent; --block-text-color: inherit;\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1168\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M20080305039.jpg\" alt=\"M20080305039\" class=\"wp-image-45863\" style=\"aspect-ratio:48\/25;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/M20080305039.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/M20080305039-600x350.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/M20080305039-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/M20080305039-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/M20080305039-154x90.jpg 154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1168px) 100vw, 1168px\"  data-full-url=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/M20080305039.jpg\" data-full-width=\"1168\" data-full-height=\"682\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"standout-block standout-slide-element is-aligned alignwide\" data-block-id=\"block_49092b92661d7cc34ef2b261f30c0352\" style=\"--block-background-color: transparent; --block-text-color: inherit;\">\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"standout-max-container\">\t\r\n\r\n\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1908\" src=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/F20130410109-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Opstilling af alle arbejderne p\u00e5 Bruuns tobakfabrik i Kolding. De st\u00e5r i r\u00e6kker, hvor de mindste b\u00f8rn er forrest, i midten kvinder og bagerst m\u00e6ndene, ca. 150 personer. B\u00f8rnearbejdere blev meget brugt i tobaksindustrien. Fotoet er fra 1894.\" class=\"wp-image-42316\" style=\"aspect-ratio:48\/25;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/F20130410109-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/F20130410109-600x447.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/F20130410109-1920x1431.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/F20130410109-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/F20130410109-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/F20130410109-1536x1145.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/F20130410109-2048x1526.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/F20130410109-121x90.jpg 121w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/F20130410109-1200x894.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  data-full-url=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/F20130410109-scaled.jpg\" data-full-width=\"2560\" data-full-height=\"1908\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"standout-block standout-slide-element is-aligned alignwide\" data-block-id=\"block_49092b92661d7cc34ef2b261f30c0352\" style=\"--block-background-color: transparent; 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--block-text-color: inherit;\">\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"standout-max-container\">\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"standout-block-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:40px;text-transform:uppercase\">Theme about the early labor movement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 1871, the International Labor Union of Denmark was founded. It became the framework for the first socialist labor movement in Denmark and later developed into the trade union movement and political left we have today. On this page you can read more about the early labor movement and some of its pioneers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:40px;text-transform:uppercase\">The battle of the commons<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The authorities looked on with concern and the confrontation culminated in the Battle of the Commons on May 5, 1872, when a large workers&#8217; meeting was met with police and military. The leaders were arrested and the association was later banned &#8211; but the movement would not be stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite adversity, division and economic crisis, workers continued to organize. Trade unions and political groups emerged and laid the foundation for what later became a strong and united labor movement in Denmark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-standout-bottom-border\"><span class=\"btn_wrapper\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#tema-hidden-full-content\">Get the full information on the theme<svg class=\"icon_arrow\" width=\"17\" height=\"8\" viewBox=\"0 0 17 8\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M10.2909 0L9.88856 0.627408L14.9281 3.631H0V4.36826H14.9281L9.88856 7.37259L10.2909 8L17 3.99963L10.2909 0Z\" fill=\"currentcolor\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"right\" style=\"background-color:#273e36; color:#fff5e8;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"heading\">Experience the theme in multiple ways<\/h4>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"links\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/bibliotek-arkiv\/arbejdernes-oplysningsforbund\/\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead about Arbejdernes Oplysningsforbund\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span height=\"1em\" class=\"standout-custom-svg custom-svg\"><svg height=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 17 8\" fill=\"none\">\r\n  <path d=\"M9.95456 0L9.5654 0.627408L14.4402 3.631H0V4.36826H14.4402L9.5654 7.37259L9.95456 8L16.4444 3.99963L9.95456 0Z\" fill=\"#B12320\"\/>\r\n<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/bibliotek-arkiv\/folkets-nisse-og-socialismen\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead about the satirical magazine &#8220;Folkets Nisses&#8221; 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--block-text-color: inherit; display: none;\">\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"standout-max-container\">\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"standout-block-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"standout-section standout-block standout-columns is-aligned alignwide\" data-block-id=\"block_1a5127e39c830f82c75f184cee1cb52c\" style=\"--block-background-color: transparent; --block-text-color: inherit; --columns: 2; --column-span: 1; --row-span: 1; --element-alignment: flex-start;\" data-columns=\"2\">\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"standout-max-container\">\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"standout-block-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"standout-block standout-column-element is-aligned alignwide\" data-block-id=\"block_52cd23666c2256b9048b95419cf8e3ea\" style=\"--block-background-color: transparent; --block-text-color: inherit; --align-content: flex-start;\" data-align-content=\"flex-start\">\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"standout-max-container\">\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"standout-block-inner\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources for The Early Labor Movement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Social conditions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The early labor movement grew out of the demand for better working conditions and a democratic social order, but also out of the severe social distress created by the class society that many working-class families lived in the 1800s. Here you can read two descriptions of the conditions for Copenhagen workers.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/V.-Munck-Om-fattigdommen-i-Koebenhavn-1868.pdf\">V. Munck on poverty in Copenhagen 1868<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Barndom-paa-Noerrebro-Arbejderdrengen-Johannes-Peter-Loppnaus-oplevelser-som-barn-paa-Noerrebro-1882-85.pdf\">Child in N\u00f8rrebro 1882-85<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Battle of F\u00e6lleden<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of interesting sources describe the events surrounding the socialist demonstration on N\u00f8rre F\u00e6lled in Copenhagen on May 5, 1872, which later became known as the &#8220;Battle of F\u00e6lleden&#8221;.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Socialisten-2.-maj-1872-s.1.pdf\">Socialisten, May 2, 1872, page 1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Socialisten-2.-maj-1872-s.2.pdf\">page 2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Socialisten-2.-maj-1872-s.3.pdf\">page 3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Socialisten-2.-maj-1872-s.4.pdf\">page 4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Politibetjent-Korns-rapport-af-4.-maj-1872.pdf\">Police officer Korn&#8217;s report of May 4, 1872<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sektionsformaendenes-loebeseddel-5.-maj-1872.pdf\">Section chairmen&#8217;s flyer, May 5, 1872<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brev-fra-kunstmaler-Thorvald-Niss-til-malermester-N.J.-Friis-Slagelse.-5.-maj-1872.pdf\">Letter from painter Thorvald Niss to master painter N.J. Friis, Slagelse, May 5, 1872<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Oeverstkommanderende-politimands-rapport-6.-maj-1872.pdf\">Report from the police officer in charge, May 6, 1872<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Faedrelandet-6.-maj-1872.pdf\">F\u00e6drelandet, May 6, 1872<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Henrik-Cavlings-beretning-om-Slaget-paa-Faelleden.pdf\">Henrik Cavling&#8217;s account of the Battle of F\u00e6lleden<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The rise and fall of Louis Pio<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with Poul Geleff and Harald Brix, the main man behind the early labor movement was Louis Pio. Among other things, he was in contact with the socialist theorist Friedrich Engels, with whom he corresponded. Pio was imprisoned in 1872-75 and in 1877, under pressure from the authorities, he emigrated to the USA.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Engels-brev-til-Pio-7.-marts-1872.pdf\">Engels&#8217; letter to Louis Pio, March 7, 1872<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pios-brev-fra-arresten-til-Engels-19.-august-1872.pdf\">Pio&#8217;s letter to Engels from prison, August 19, 1872<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Politiinspektoer-Hertz-rapport-om-forhandlingerne-med-Pio-12.-december-1876.pdf\">Inspector Hertz&#8217;s report on the negotiations with Pio, December 12, 1876<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Louis-Pio-Erindringer-fra-Redaktionskontoret-og-Faengslet-1877.pdf\">Louis Pio&#8217;s memoirs from the editorial office and prison, 1877<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Flugten-til-Amerika-Povl-Geleff-Den-rene-skaere-sandhed-om-Louis-Pio-og-mig-selv-1877.pdf\">Poul Geleff: The plain and simple truth about Louis Pio and myself 1877<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Programs before the Gimle program<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Social Democratic Workers&#8217; Party&#8217;s first congress-approved program of principles and work was adopted by the congress at Gimle in Frederiksberg in June 1876. Hence the name Gimle Program. During the first five years of the labor movement&#8217;s activities, from the founding of the International Workers&#8217; Association for Denmark in October 1871 to the Gimle Congress, the labor movement had no officially adopted party program as a political guideline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1872, Louis Pio planned to convene a congress, but it was thwarted with the imprisonment of Poul Geleff, Harald Brix and himself on May 5, 1872. In 1873, the International was banned and the subsequent associations, the Democratic Workers&#8217; Association and the Social Democratic Association Broderb\u00e5ndet, only existed for a short time. The more viable Central Board of Free Trade Unions issued a manifesto in August 1874 and it developed into a well-organized national organization, which Louis Pio was again able to lead upon his release from prison on April 1, 1875. In the framework of this organization, a congress was held the following year and a program was adopted. Naturally, all the associations mentioned above had principles and purpose clauses to work by. Purpose clauses cannot be equated with a congress-adopted program, but they give a signal of where you want to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1871sept_generalstatutter.pdf\">General Statutes<\/a> and Regulations of the International Labor Union, September 1871<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1872april_program.pdf\">Program<\/a>, April 2, 1872<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1873_74_broderbaandet.pdf\">Laws<\/a> for the association &#8220;Broderb\u00e5ndet&#8221;, 1873\/74<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1873aug_demokratisk_arbejderforening.pdf\">Draft laws<\/a> for the Democratic Labor Union, August 1873<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1874_august_centralbestyrelse.pdf\">Manifesto <\/a>from the Central Board of the Free Trade Unions in Copenhagen, August 1974<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1874_blandede_fagforening.pdf\">Laws <\/a>for the Mixed Trade Union, 1874<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"standout-section standout-block standout-related-content is-aligned alignfull off-center-slider\" data-block-id=\"block_9727ab054222031a041211ec9a45fd87\" style=\"--block-background-color: transparent; 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--block-text-color: inherit;\">\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"standout-max-container\">\t\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\r\n\t\t\r\n<div class=\"post post-loop post-loop-type-page\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1790\" src=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/F20080507049-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/F20080507049-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/F20080507049-600x420.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/F20080507049-1920x1343.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/F20080507049-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/F20080507049-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/F20080507049-1536x1074.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/F20080507049-2048x1432.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/F20080507049-129x90.jpg 129w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/F20080507049-1200x839.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" data-copyright=\"\" data-headline=\"F20080507049\" data-description=\"\"  data-full-url=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-ancestor-title\">\r\n\t\t\t<span>LABOUR HISTORY<\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"post-title-wrap\">\r\n\t\t<span class=\"post-title\">The Great Lockout of 1899<\/span>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<a class=\"post-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/library-archive\/space-for-all-of-us\/when-the-cup-runneth-over-about-labor-struggles\/the-great-lockout-of-1899\/\">\r\n\t\tRead more <span height=\"1em\" class=\"standout-custom-svg custom-svg\"><svg height=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 17 8\" fill=\"none\">\r\n  <path d=\"M9.95456 0L9.5654 0.627408L14.4402 3.631H0V4.36826H14.4402L9.5654 7.37259L9.95456 8L16.4444 3.99963L9.95456 0Z\" fill=\"#B12320\"\/>\r\n<\/svg><\/span>\t<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"standout-block standout-slide-element is-aligned alignwide\" data-block-id=\"block_a96f72078aa9dea31b7db1e445314ce5\" style=\"--block-background-color: transparent; --block-text-color: inherit;\">\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"standout-max-container\">\t\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\r\n\t\t\r\n<div class=\"post post-loop post-loop-type-page\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/20240506_ViErArbejderne_PhotosMaltheIvarsson_1920x1080-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/20240506_ViErArbejderne_PhotosMaltheIvarsson_1920x1080-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/20240506_ViErArbejderne_PhotosMaltheIvarsson_1920x1080-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/20240506_ViErArbejderne_PhotosMaltheIvarsson_1920x1080-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/20240506_ViErArbejderne_PhotosMaltheIvarsson_1920x1080-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/20240506_ViErArbejderne_PhotosMaltheIvarsson_1920x1080-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/20240506_ViErArbejderne_PhotosMaltheIvarsson_1920x1080-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/20240506_ViErArbejderne_PhotosMaltheIvarsson_1920x1080-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" data-copyright=\"Malthe Folke Ivarsson\" data-headline=\"20240506_ViErArbejderne_PhotosMaltheIvarsson_1920x1080\" data-description=\"\"  data-full-url=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-ancestor-title\">\r\n\t\t\t<span>EXHIBITIONS<\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"post-title-wrap\">\r\n\t\t<span class=\"post-title\">We are the workers<\/span>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<a class=\"post-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/its-happening\/we-are-the-workers\/\">\r\n\t\tRead more <span height=\"1em\" class=\"standout-custom-svg custom-svg\"><svg height=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 17 8\" fill=\"none\">\r\n  <path d=\"M9.95456 0L9.5654 0.627408L14.4402 3.631H0V4.36826H14.4402L9.5654 7.37259L9.95456 8L16.4444 3.99963L9.95456 0Z\" fill=\"#B12320\"\/>\r\n<\/svg><\/span>\t<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"standout-block standout-slide-element is-aligned alignwide\" data-block-id=\"block_e9c0b7d47315c0102d57b47e67db9487\" style=\"--block-background-color: transparent; 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