The Provisional Government enacted protections for public meetings and unions, widening the space for mass political organization. The source date is 4/12/1917 Old Style.
Mass demonstrations marked International Workers’ Day and displayed the political strength of organized workers after the fall of the monarchy. The source date is 4/18/1917 Old Style.
Soviets, trade unions, Red Guards and Bolshevik activists mobilized to defend Petrograd against the military advance. The source date is 27 August 1917 Old Style.
The Soviet government limited ordinary industrial labour to eight hours daily and forty-eight hours weekly. The source date is 29 October 1917 Old Style.
