The Syndicalist movement in North America called for a 4 hour work day. This was advanced by the IWW in the 1920s(!). In the 1920s, folks. Seventy-five years ago. And today folks are working two jobs and most are working 44-50 hours a week to make ends meet.
Work time has increased, while wages have decreased in real money, and work has become contracted out and precarious.
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