negativenull@piefed.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoNancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Daymedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1270file-text
arrow-up1270imageNancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Daymedia.piefed.worldnegativenull@piefed.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDigDoug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75·6 hours agoWhen the 40 hour work week was brought in, working men were expected to have a wife at home to do all the household labour. “8 hours for what we will” gets eroded pretty quickly now that both of you are expected to work.
minus-squareElderReflections@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up30·5 hours agoIt’s also non-consecutive. 8hrs split over morning & eve feels much shorter
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agoHow early do you get up? I only get up in time to grab a coffee and a snack before work.
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 hours agoAnd lunch used to be included in the 8 hours of work. And paid. Now it’s an unpaid hour you can’t really use. Wholesale theft.
When the 40 hour work week was brought in, working men were expected to have a wife at home to do all the household labour.
“8 hours for what we will” gets eroded pretty quickly now that both of you are expected to work.
It’s also non-consecutive. 8hrs split over morning & eve feels much shorter
How early do you get up? I only get up in time to grab a coffee and a snack before work.
gotta take away commuting time as well
And lunch used to be included in the 8 hours of work. And paid. Now it’s an unpaid hour you can’t really use.
Wholesale theft.