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Nation's Industry Goes on 40 Hour Work Week

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History

 

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Walter P

 

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July 16, 2013

 

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University

 

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Factory workers became unhappy and began to push for shorter hours. First they asked for a limit of 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. During the 1800s, they asked for 10 hours, 6 days a week. Labor Day was introduced in 1882, when most Americans were still working 60 hours a week and only dreaming of a 48-hour week, which didn't become the normal until World War I...
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It wasn't until 1938 that the Fair Labor Standards Act started the final countdown: 44 hours in 1938, 42 hours in 1939, and 40 hours in 1940. So the 8-hour, 5-day, 40-hour work week has only been with us since the year 1940. In this article the standard work week, 40 hours, is soon to go into effect...
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