Comment 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
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