Work, Rest, and What You Will
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We at Basecamp love to preach the virtues of the 8-hour work day, but where did it come from? (Hint: Not from Henry Ford!) Labor historian Emily Twarog explains the origins of the 8-hour work day and why it was so short-lived in the U.S. Show Notes "This CEO thinks it's crazy to work more than 40 hours a week" (CNN) - 00:34 "Extreme Capitalism with Jason Calacanis," the episode that credits Henry Ford with the 8-hour work day - 1:04 "Did the 8-hour day and the 40-hour week come from Henry Ford, or labor unions?" (Politifact) - 1:06 Emily Twarog | Twitter - 1:10 "The Mill Girls of Lowell" (National Park Service) - 1:54 The Lowell Offering - 3:04 "Fire of 1871" (Encyclopedia of Chicago) - 3:51 A history of McCormick's reaper works factory - 4:59 An overview of the Haymarket Riot - 5:24 A history of the Bread and Roses Strike of 1912 - 5:54 The U.S. Department of Labor's history of the Fair Labor Standards Act - 11:02 The National Labor Relations Board's FAQs on the National Labor Relations Act - 11:06 Fight for $15 - 29:17 "She was Instacart's biggest cheerleader. Now she's leading a worker revolt" (Washington Post) - 29:29 Emily Twarog's book, Politics of the Pantry: Housewives, Food, and Consumer Protest in Twentieth-Century America - 31:25 Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor by Steven Greenhouse - 31:36 On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane by Emily Guendelsberger - 31:45
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We at Basecamp love to preach the virtues of the 8-hour work day, but where did it come from? (Hint: Not from Henry Ford!) Labor historian Emily Twarog explains the origins of the 8-hour work day and why it was so short-lived in the U.S. Show Notes "This CEO thinks it's crazy to work more than 40 hours a week" (CNN) - 00:34 "Extreme Capitalism with Jason Calacanis," the episode that credits Henry Ford with the 8-hour work day - 1:04 "Did the 8-hour day and the 40-hour week come from H...
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