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Column: The 8-hour workday was the paramount goal of unions in the 1800s. Is the 4-day workweek next?
That was the case in the 1870s and 1880s, when the eight-hour day became the rallying cry for the Knights of Labor, the first truly national industrial labor union. The eight-hour campaign ...
The Independent4d
World Sleep Day: The eight-hour sleep myth and why you’re getting bedtime all wrong
Like, for instance, the idea that we need eight solid hours of sleep per night ... four-day week – the future of work is the six-hour day Welcome metabolic wellness and appetite control with ...
National Geographic news4y
This man spends 8 hours every day commuting. He's not alone.
His eight-hour round-trip typically begins at 6 a.m. He’ll be at his desk by 10, having begun work earlier on his laptop. He leaves the office by 4 p.m. and arrives home about 8. Ross became a ...
Business Insider India9y
The dramatic history of how the 40-hour workweek became the standard in America
Seventy-five years ago, on October 24, 1940, the eight-hour day and 40-hour workweek became standard practice in a range of industries. It was a long, drawn-out battle between workers and ...