The labor movement supported an 8-hour day and a 6-day workweek.
They demanded a reduction in the workweek to 32 from 40 hours, a $10,000 bonus, pay raises up to 40%, and early retirement.
The law sets the legal workweek at six days or 45 hours.
Many of the employees that have half days off have a slightly longer workweek the rest of the year to compensate for the time off.
The division of the workday and the workweek provided young men with opportunities to work for themselves.
Dancers occasionally released guttural howls, as if exorcising the demons of the workweek.
Early in his life he campaigned to reduce the workweek, and as an advocate of organized labor.
Labor legislation provides for a 48-hour workweek, an eight-hour workday, paid overtime, annual leave, and medical and maternity care.
