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Re:Nearly Half of Game Developers Want to Unionize by twunde on Thursday January 24, 2019 @05:10PM (#18993551)
Pedantic note: In the 19th century textile mills and factories in general asked for 14-16 hours a day, 6 days a week [0]. In the UK, in 1831, for minors under the age of 18, daily hours were LIMITED to 12 hours a day[1].

[0] http://www.striking-women.org/module/workplace-issues-past-a...

[1] https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transforming...

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Re:Nearly Half of Game Developers Want to Unionize by JohnJamesRambo on Thursday January 24, 2019 @09:33PM (#18995088)
Haha fair enough. The gaming industry is at the level of textile mill exploitation of workers.
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Re:Nearly Half of Game Developers Want to Unionize by yesenadam on Thursday January 24, 2019 @05:50PM (#18993859)
To spell it out: 14 to 16 hours/day x 6 days/week = 84 to 96 hours a week.
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