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Thirty-Hour work week was on the political agenda in the US in the 1930s. It's about time.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20086446

Nixon of all people talked about it in 1956: https://www.nytimes.com/1956/09/23/archives/nixon-foresees-4...

The IWW was campaigning for a 4-hour day and 4 days a week in the 30's as well.

And people can still join the IWW today.

Core Wobbly demand from 1905 on, really.

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