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by pwinnski 1388 days ago
Sure, as I said in a separate comment, he figured offering a two-day weekend would enable him to push his workers harder so that they got as much done in 48 hours as they had been doing in 48. He was still a profit-seeking capitalist, but he was considerably more forward-thinking than the majority of CEOs today, and acted far in advance of any legal requirement to do so, albeit far later than unions wanted him to.

He deserves some credit, which is what I gave him.

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> albeit far later than unions wanted him to.

there we go. I don't know why acquiescence counts as creditable but whatever.