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id814185558
“There are going to be hundreds of thousands of workers made permanently unemployed by automation and other new developments unless we get our workers employed and the country ready for a four-hour day.”
id814185228
On January 11, 1962, nine thousand electricians went on Local 3’s first general strike since 1941. It only took eight days for them to win a resounding victory: a twenty-five-hour workweek, the shortest ever in a union contract.
✏️ Insane and amazing. Where is this now? It was actually doable. 👓 hope 🔗 View Highlight
id814185313
“With the six-hour day, thirty-hour week in effect in the electrical industry … the workers now have the necessary time for self-improvement and adult education … it is in reality a gigantic educational effort.”