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At least in America, isn't it a product of FDR?
by atom-morgan 8y ago
At least in America, isn't it a product of FDR?
- uxp100 8y agoIn the Law, yes, the Fair Labor act was enacted during his presidency. But the Idea of 8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep, 8 hours for what you will long predates him, and 8 hours was already a standard shift at some (many?) factories by that time.
- danharaj 8y agoNo, it's a product of violent riots and union action where thousands of workers died at the hands of police and hired guns.
- patrickg_zill 8y agoI don't quite see this adding up to "thousands" i.e. more than 1999 people, even if you double it for not being an exhaustive list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_worker_deaths_in_United_States_labor_disputes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_worker_deaths_in_Unite...
- danharaj 8y agoCorrect, I meant to say where thousands of workers mobilized, some of which died or were injured.