Just Too Efficient

Re:Just Too Efficient by ianleeclark on Sunday July 12, 2020 @06:24AM (#23810337)

> I thought the 8 hour work week was introduced by Ford, because he figured out it would maximize productivity. Not by Unions.

The Haymarket Massacre happened 30 years prior to Ford introducing the 8 hour workday in his plants. Furthermore, there had been labor agitation resulting in 8-hour days in other parts of the country decades before Ford did so.

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Re:Just Too Efficient by cheesecracker on Sunday July 12, 2020 @06:39AM (#23810382)

Thanks for the information.

Nevertheless the claim that only Unions can reduce work hours is simply false. People can negotiate their contracts. Many people work less than 40 hour work weeks.

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Re:Just Too Efficient by macintux on Sunday July 12, 2020 @10:03AM (#23811344)

> People can negotiate their contracts.

I’d wager that’s true for perhaps 10-20% of the workforce at best.

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Re:Just Too Efficient by bserge on Sunday July 12, 2020 @12:06PM (#23812325)

You're very optimistic :)

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Re:Just Too Efficient by cheesecracker on Sunday July 12, 2020 @03:40PM (#23814157)

And why would you say that is the case? Bad personal finance skills (high mortgage, student debt...)?

How many people even try to negotiate their work hours? I'd believe you if you claimed less than 10% even think about it, the others just accept their lot as the norm.

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