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This article paints an entirely bad picture of Soviet Russia working conditions without going into the improvements they made over time. Working hours were not
by prolikewh0a 8y ago
This article paints an entirely bad picture of Soviet Russia working conditions without going into the improvements they made over time. Working hours were not all that much different than modern USA, however they seemingly had better benefits.
https://nintil.com/2016/04/03/the-soviet-union-working-hours/ https://nintil.com/2016/04/03/the-soviet-union-working-hours...
>Then, in 1961-1967, they switched to 5 days per week, 8 hours per day, which finally gave the Soviets a real weekend, like those in the West.
>In 1987, the maximum number of hours was limited to 40 per week, with more in some sectors (agriculture, construction, transport), and less in others (education, art and culture, or coal mining)
>Soviets had 15 minimum days of paid holidays per week by then and 75% of workers had more than that. Workers younger than 18 were entitled to twice that. Working mothers with more than two children and less than 28 days of holidays per year, had three more days of holidays. Additionally, women had partial paid leave for infant care (<1 year), and they could take additional unpaid leave (<18 months)
- ericd 8y agoDon't forget the long, free vacations to Siberia for saying something bad about the government near your neighbor.
- secfirstmd 8y agoOr politically caused famine
- myth_drannon 8y agoOr you can become a homeless, unemployment person and have 365 days of vacation per year. Imagine that.... Err, sorry in Soviet Union you were not allowed to do that, these commies had to ruin the last bastion of human freedom! No worries, in the USA they still have it. I heard plenty of families take up on the opportunity.
- guntars 8y agoYou’re not wrong, homelessness was illegal in the Soviet Union and not in the “we will not rest until everyone has a roof over their heads” kind of way, rather more like “you better be staying at your registered address (raspiska) OR ELSE!” That’s one way to solve homelessness.
- amaccuish 8y agoI think you mean propiska (прописка)
- entry 8y agoAbsurd. 1st. After revolutions and civilic wars in 1922 Soviet union got 4-7 millions homeless childs. How did these children survive? Without education and socialization childs can't even communicate normally. They stole and even killed for money. They represented a virus epidemiological risk. So Soviets resolve the problem very hard to gave roof and education for that childs and in 1924 they got "only" 280 000 homeless childs. Without mass shootings for nothing. It's very fan sometimes imagine what in the heads of the people thinking Stalink kills every second in Soviet country. If so who building cities, working on farms and factories, who was fought and win WWII? Oh.. Try to read less of propaganda. 2nd. Since that childs was illiterate and all time moving searching for food and money nobody can't register them in City Hall. The register process have name "propiska" in mean fixate persone leaving address. Not "raspiska". Raspiska is just mean confirmation document writed and signed by you. You'll be wondered but today in capitalistic Russia got "propiska" too. As the Spain for example. But earlier "propiska" in Soviets was used to prevent mass moving people from one region to another. It's true. But you must take this true in context of the time and events. It was really hard times.
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- 8K71PS 8y agoDon't forget about the endemic racism and genocide that has existed in America since it's founding, and still exists to a lesser extent now.
- thrden 8y agoI know this has already been down voted, but I want to point out that this exact dialog was invented by the soviet union to distract from their abysmal human rights records[1]. Moreover, it doesn't even make sense as a deflection given that the Soviet Union had institutional racism at a very high level, ranging from antisemitism [2] to ethnic cleansing[3] to outright genocide[3]. America is certainly guilty of racism, and we should discuss these issues. However, it should not be used as a weapon to defend evil regimes. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin_and_antisemitism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin_and_antisemitism [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_Soviet_Union#Koreans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_Soviet_Union#Kor... [4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
- prolikewh0a 8y agoIt still happened in the USA and I don't think the above comment was defending either side. The USA is just as evil and always has been.
- c0nfused 8y agoI would like 15 days of paid holiday a week.
- prolikewh0a 8y agoMe too! I think it's an error :)
- Fins 8y agoThe quality of those benefits (if you could even claim them) was rather lacking, though.