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Comment by supervacuo

Where on earth did the author find this revisionist nonsense?

The 40-hour work week was won after a bitter decades-long fight by workers and unions against business owners.

The idea that Ford bestowed it upon a grateful staff to improve capitalism is wrong, pointless and insulting.

Here's an article in favour of shorter workdays that takes history a little more seriously: http://www.iww.org/history/library/misc/Bekken2000

parent supervacuo 13 years ago

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