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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago

They didn't just hand us the forty hour workweek. You can thank the early unions for that. Organizations like this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Brotherhood_of_Boilermakers%2C_Iron_Ship_Builders%2C_Blacksmiths%2C_Forgers_and_Helpers