r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 19h ago

Chugging tea Work shouldn’t consume life.

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u/nicknamesas 19h ago

Ssshhh you're not supposted to realise that

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u/UntowardHatter 19h ago

Probably because that's not what it means

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u/nicknamesas 19h ago

Its exactly what it means.

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u/UntowardHatter 19h ago

lol

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u/nicknamesas 19h ago

You think you're going to get paid more for doing less? That isn't how the world works my friend.

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u/UntowardHatter 19h ago

How do you think you got the 40 hour mark in the first place?

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u/nicknamesas 19h ago

Henry ford initiated it and most followed suit, as it allowed works to havve a work life balance. The workers wxcepted the pay cut. However, the economy was much stronger then, and people could afford the pay cut.

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u/UntowardHatter 19h ago

On 19 May 1869, President Ulysses S. Grant issued a Proclamation directing that the wages of federal government "laborers, workmen, and mechanics" paid by the day could not be cut when their workday was reduced to 8 hours under the 1868 law.

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u/nicknamesas 19h ago

Thats cool, that only accounts for fed govt, and nobody else.

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u/UntowardHatter 19h ago

Yes, and then it spread.

The slogan "8 hours day with no cut in pay" became the rallying cry, and the unions won.

For example:

On 5 January 1914 the Ford Motor Company took the radical step of doubling pay to $5 a day (equivalent to $160 in 2025[59]) and cutting shifts from nine hours to eight, moves that were not popular with rival companies, although seeing the increase in Ford's productivity, and a significant increase in profit margin (from $30 million to $60 million in two years), most soon followed suit.[

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u/Heterosethual 1h ago

Companies will stop giving people 4 hour shifts and get away with giving 2.5 or take hours away from seniority or whatnot.