We've also gained mandatory arbitration and at-will employment; let's not get ahead of ourselves. Not to mention most knowledge-workers work more than 40 hours

We've also gained mandatory arbitration and at-will employment; let's not get ahead of ourselves. Not to mention most knowledge-workers work more than 40 hours a week with no hope of overtime. Of course, at least in America, we won't see 'white collar' jobs shift from the 5 day work week, but they have shackles of a different kind.