cyu@sh.itjust.works to IWW and syndicalismEnglish · 11 months agoYou don't NEED a weekend. The concept is barely 100 years old.sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: unionsunions@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up123arrow-down1imageYou don't NEED a weekend. The concept is barely 100 years old.sh.itjust.workscyu@sh.itjust.works to IWW and syndicalismEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: unionsunions@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoThe only reason the concept of a weekend was implemented was because that was the same time the 40-hour work week was implemented. before the 40-hour work week existed, people could work and rest whenever they needed to. But now yes, we do indeed need weekends.
The only reason the concept of a weekend was implemented was because that was the same time the 40-hour work week was implemented.
before the 40-hour work week existed, people could work and rest whenever they needed to.
But now yes, we do indeed need weekends.