I have trouble working even 8 hours a day
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4it's incredible that the 8-hour workday was really a compromise with labor activists and people worked 10+ hours before that
@amerika how much did people work on average back then? or maybe better to ask, what was the average length of a white-collar vs blue-collar workday?
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A lot more people owned their own businesses or worked for smaller businesses. Generally you worked while there was work, and did not when there was not (many industries are seasonal). I doubt we will ever find accurate figures but companies adjusted hours downward to retain good workers. Unions then forced them to accept bad workers as well at high costs, and then all the labor went offshore.
A lot more people owned their own businesses or worked for smaller businesses. Generally you worked while there was work, and did not when there was not (many industries are seasonal). I doubt we will ever find accurate figures but companies adjusted hours downward to retain good workers. Unions then forced them to accept bad workers as well at high costs, and then all the labor went offshore.
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