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minus-squarebricklove@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·edit-21 day agoAnd it took a bunch of labor strikes with brutal crack downs on them to even get it down to 40 hours.
minus-squareDarleys_Brew@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoHenry Ford implemented the 40 hour week cause it made people more productive. Not cause he was a nice guy.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·46 minutes agoMinimum wage too. “Wait a minute, consumers and employees are the same people. If they’re broke how are they going to buy my stuff?”
And it took a bunch of labor strikes with brutal crack downs on them to even get it down to 40 hours.
Henry Ford implemented the 40 hour week cause it made people more productive. Not cause he was a nice guy.
Minimum wage too. “Wait a minute, consumers and employees are the same people. If they’re broke how are they going to buy my stuff?”