[ponector]

Why workweek had been shortened to 40h then? No gays, no imigrants back then?

Imagine how productive economy will become if 996 workweek will become mandatory!

[_DeadFred_]

Unironically what half of HN thikn peak futurism in America should be, hyper optimized:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/1lo783l/hows_...

[stego-tech]

…seriously? Cannot tell if you’re being serious or just shitposting.

Here, an old-fashioned LMGTFY: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2015/10/how-did-the-40-hour-...

Wikipedia has a far more gruesome and comprehensive history of the US Labor movement, like the history of the NLRB, anti-union efforts in the 1860-1930s, the Coal Wars, Battle of Blair Mountain, etc. Everyone should know this history, at the very least so they can understand the harm that comes from delaying action further: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_union_busting_in_th...