The Eight Hour Movement: A Reduction Of Hours Is An Increase Of Wages (1865)

by Ira Steward

Book Overview

""The Eight Hour Movement: A Reduction Of Hours Is An Increase Of Wages"" is a book written by Ira Steward in 1865. The book explores the history and significance of the eight-hour workday movement, which was a labor movement that aimed to reduce the number of working hours in a day from ten or twelve to eight. Steward argues that reducing working hours would not only improve the lives of workers but also increase wages, as employers would have to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 112087677X
• ISBN13: 9781120876775
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"