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Back To the Future: Workers Fight For Better Pay AND Shorter hours

Posted on July 1, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Sarah Jaffe “A hundred years ago [Benjamin] Franklin said that six hours a day was enough for anyone to work and if he was right then, two hours a day ought to be enough now.” Lucy Parsons spoke those … Continue reading →

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Back To the Future: Workers Fight For Better Pay AND Shorter hours

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