Liam O'Mara IV, PhD on Nostr: US workers didn't achieve an 8-hour work day until 1937. Productivity rises since ...
US workers didn't achieve an 8-hour work day until 1937. Productivity rises since that time are vast but we're still accepting the same work-life balance in order to let nearly all those gains acrue to the owner class. It's time to stop licking boots and take what's owned to us.
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