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Thirty-Hour work week was on the political agenda in the US in the 1930s. It's about time. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20086446 https://news.ycombinat
by perfunctory 7y ago
Thirty-Hour work week was on the political agenda in the US in the 1930s. It's about time.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20086446 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20086446
- Miner49er 7y agoThe IWW was campaigning for a 4-hour day and 4 days a week in the 30's as well.
- JulianMorrison 7y agoAnd people can still join the IWW today.
- dayofthedaleks 7y agoCore Wobbly demand from 1905 on, really.
- makerofspoons 7y agoNixon of all people talked about it in 1956: https://www.nytimes.com/1956/09/23/archives/nixon-foresees-4day-work-week-says-gop-policies-assure-fuller-life.html https://www.nytimes.com/1956/09/23/archives/nixon-foresees-4...