> Of course they failed to force the 32 hour workweek
did you mean the 40 or 48 hour workweek?
did you mean the 40 or 48 hour workweek?
Instead they ended up negotiating higher 20-60% wages and improving some other benefits but no reduction in working hours.
But in my opinion, the overtime demand was just a "duck"[1]. Something easily negotiated away so that the union and company could meet in the middle. It's standard procedure in negotiations to make ridiculous demands so that you don't have to negotiate away non-ridiculous demands.