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minus-squareGrail@multiverse.soulism.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoWe already had one income families, and then capitalism stole it from us. Now that women are part of the workforce, we need a 20 hour minimum workweek (with the same weekly minimum wage) to restore the workers rights we had 100 years ago.
minus-squareNotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 hours agoNot quite 100 years, depending on where you are talking about. In the USA the 40 hour work week became federal law in 1938. In the Netherlands it wasn’t until the mid-1970s when it became normal.
We already had one income families, and then capitalism stole it from us.
Now that women are part of the workforce, we need a 20 hour minimum workweek (with the same weekly minimum wage) to restore the workers rights we had 100 years ago.
Not quite 100 years, depending on where you are talking about.
In the USA the 40 hour work week became federal law in 1938. In the Netherlands it wasn’t until the mid-1970s when it became normal.