#OtD 23 Apr 1938 in Jamaica, poor people sent a petition to the governor demanding a minimum wage for agricultural workers and peasants. Rent strikes and land occupations began, until suppressed by British troops in June https://t.co/ey9eblMBJA https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9533/rural-jamaicans-demand-minimum-wage?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon