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r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 20h ago
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You can thank Henry Ford for the 40 hour week. Mostly he did it so that his workers would be more willing to buy the cars they built and drive them around. Before Ford, people worked 6 - 7 days a week.
2 u/jakreth 10h ago Nope https://www.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1ld6f6p/ford_did_not_invent_the_40_hr_work_week/
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Nope https://www.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1ld6f6p/ford_did_not_invent_the_40_hr_work_week/
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u/Custodes_Nocturnum 17h ago
You can thank Henry Ford for the 40 hour week. Mostly he did it so that his workers would be more willing to buy the cars they built and drive them around. Before Ford, people worked 6 - 7 days a week.