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[–] 91 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Whoever invented the eight hour five day work week is Satan.

Unions. Unions won the five day eight hour workweek after heavy, sometimes bloody conflicts with employers. Before that it was common for workweek to be 10 or 12 hours a day.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Too many people are ignorant of the role Unions played in American history. I assume they were brought up in places where the GOP controls the schools.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I was actively taught in high school that "unions were nice, but not necessary any more, they get in the way of all our very cool free trade!"

    Obviously, my thinking on that has changed a whole lot, but both my partner and I got fed that kind of rhetoric straight out of text books.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    God bless unions. Now can they negotiate a four day work week?

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