Were the strikes in support of the Nine Hours Movement successful?

For the most part, yes. The unions in several different industries claimed success with the institution of nine-hour days. After a demonstration in Hamilton in May 1872, a trade unionist, Alec H. Wingfield, wrote the following that was published in the Colonial Advocate:

The Nine Hour Pioneers

Honour the men of Hamilton,
The Nine Hour pioneers,
Their memory will be kept green
Throughout the coming years.

And every honest son of toil
That lives in freedom’s light
Shall bless that glorious day in May
When might gave way to right.

Your cause was just, your motives pure,
Again, again, again,
You strove to smooth the path of toil
And help your fellow men.

And Canada will bless your name
Through all the coming years,
And place upon the scroll of fame
The Nine Hour pioneers.

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