the 40 hour work week came from the february revolution.
the 40 hour work week came from the february revolution.
where did the 40 hour work week come from?
february revolution
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typographers were educated, economically mobile, in every major urban center with newspapers, and had the unique possibility to influence publicity in favour of their cause. this led the union to the forefront of improving working conditions. itu president w.b. prescott led the itu in 1897 to win a 48-hour work week and a standard wage scale for all printers. during the great depression, the itu introduced the 40-hour work week across the industry at no cost to employers as a way to share the fewer jobs available. that itu initiative spread to other unions and has since been codified across the labor sector by federal legislation in the u.s. establishing the 40-hour work week.
international typographical union