Labor unions, to replace the alternative, which was no weekend at all. Just like the 8h day. The numbers didn’t come from nothing, but certainly didn’t come fr

Labor unions, to replace the alternative, which was no weekend at all. Just like the 8h day. The numbers didn’t come from nothing, but certainly didn’t come from any great calculation. It came from how much we (the workers) could wrestle away from industrialists. Google scholar searches (not very extensive, feel free to repeat) weakly suggests that cutting work hours may have a net positive effect on economy, so as long as I’m operating from the worker perspective, it actually makes sense to not settle on the current ratio. It’s like settling on your wage because you once got a raise 105 years ago.