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Our Own Time A History of American Labor and the Working Day (Contributions in Labor Studies)

David R. Roediger

Our Own Time provides the first full account of the movement to shorten the working day in the United States. Combining the narrative and trade union emphasis of traditional labor history with the focus on culture and the labor process characteristic of contemporary labor history, the book offers an...

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

It was discussed in the context of the Warrior Met Coal strike, focusing on how the reduction of working hours has been a unifying factor throughout the history of the American labor movement.

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the reduction of working hours constituted the prime demand in the class conflicts that spawned America's first industrial strike, its first citywide trade union councils, its first labor party, its f...

— Episode: Mini Show #32: The Art of Class War, Bil...

Episode: Mini Show #32: The Art of Class War, Billionaire T...

It was discussed in the context of the Warrior Met Coal strike, focusing on how the reduction of working hours has been a unifying factor throughout the history of the American labor movement.

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the reduction of working hours constituted the prime demand in the class conflicts that spawned America's first industrial strike, its first citywide trade union councils, its first labor party, its first general strikes, its first organizing uniting skilled and unskilled workers, its first strike by females and its first attempts at regional and national labor organization.

Episode: Mini Show #32: The Art of Class War, Billionaire T...

It was discussed in relation to the history of American labor and the significance of the fight for shorter workdays, especially in uniting workers across various divides.

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the reduction of working hours constituted the prime demand in the class conflicts that spawned America's first industrial strike, its first citywide trade union councils, its first labor party, its first general strikes, its first organizing uniting skilled and unskilled workers, its first strike by females and its first attempts at regional and national labor organization

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