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US Labor History and Cornell West (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by alphanerd4 to c/usauthoritarianism

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[–] thesystemisdown 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's still not "a given." Plenty of people work on the weekends.

Who "died for that?" A little context would be nice. As far as I know, there's been a popular day of rest for a very, very long time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workweek_and_weekend

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

A single day off, yes, two, not so common. From your link:

In 1929, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America was the first union to demand and receive a five-day workweek. The rest of the United States slowly followed, but it was not until 1940, when a provision of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act mandating a maximum 40-hour workweek went into effect, that the two-day weekend was adopted nationwide.

[–] Sam_Bass 1 points 8 months ago

The jobs ive had worked 7 days out of every 14 with one week at 5 days and week two at 2 days, all 12 hours long and every other weekend off