Re:Audi's unions demand electric model for main German plant
by xenophonf on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @02:17PM
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It drives me crazy that PolitiFact, which publishes its work on the web, cannot manage to include citations and sources beyond Such-and-Such-Authority-Told-Us-So-When-We-Asked. It's not that I don't believe PolitiFact, but if they bothered to interview a bunch of college professors, surely they could have gotten primary or secondary sources too. I mean, that's basically a professor's job!
Google search "40 hour work week Henry Ford" and it auto suggests "henry ford started 40 hour work week" "henry ford invented the 40 hour work week"
Which takes you to "Does the 8-hour day and the 40-hour week come from Henry Ford, or labor unions?" http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/sep/... "In 1914, at a time when most workers still lacked a guarantee of eight-hour days, the Ford Motor Co. attracted notice for instituting eight-hour shifts and raising wages in the manner the graphic indicates. (For many Ford workers, the work week remained six days.)"
Of note, you can get 24 hours from 4 * 6, 3 x 8, or 2 x 12 hour shifts. But, 8 * 6 is not 40.
And closes with "The claim contains some element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, so we rate it Mostly False."