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> They're striking against return to office? I work from home and value it but it never would occur to me to strike for that. I view it as a privilege and not a right

Meanwhile in the early 20th century:

> They're striking over a weekend? I work five days a week and value it but it never would occur to me to strike for that. I view it as a privilege and not a right

Like, this is generally how it goes; workers' rights are generally won, not granted by divine authority.




Let’s not forget they fought for the 8-hour work day too:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day_movement

In the United States, Philadelphia carpenters went on strike in 1791 for the ten-hour day. By the 1830s, this had become a general demand. In 1835, workers in Philadelphia organised the 1835 Philadelphia general strike, the first general strike in North America, led by Irish coal heavers. Their banners read, From 6 to 6, ten hours work and two hours for meals.[37] Labor movement publications called for an eight-hour day as early as 1836. Boston ship carpenters, although not unionized, achieved an eight-hour day in 1842.


Except it didn't exactly work out like that, companies were constantly looking for loopholes to avoid it and it didn't become normalized until the Henry Ford did it voluntarily for capitalist reasons and it payed off.




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