Eight hours of labor for all, with a plan that aims to protect workers while easing change.
This concise address presents a proposed law that limits weekly hours in factories, mines, and workshops, while preserving emergency and experimental work. It argues for a careful, stepwise approach and treats the employer and employee as responsible partners in reform.
- Learn the key features of the proposed statute and how it defines “habitual” work.
- See why the author describes the plan as radical in some ways and conservative in others.
- Understand the reasoning behind focusing on specific industries and the potential for future expansion.
- Explore arguments about leisure, education, public health, and how shorter hours could affect society.
Ideal for readers interested in labor history, public policy, and debates about how to balance work, welfare, and progress.