Title: The history of the shorter workday /
Authors: Labor Research Association (U.S.)
Publisher: International Publishers,
Year: 1942
Subjects: Hours of labor United States; Hours of labor; United States
Contents: Labor's hard-won gains -- On two fronts -- Beginnings of the fight -- The eight-hour struggle develops -- The eight-hour strike movement -- Winning shorter hours, 1900-1920 -- In the 1920's -- In the crisis years -- The basic forty-hour week -- Unions win the five-day week -- Vacations with pay -- Payment for overtime -- Other union victories -- Where long hours still persist -- For family, social and civic life -- Health and safety demand rest -- Productivity increases -- Profits from overtime -- Working hours in wartime.